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World Meeting of Families Video Includes Voices of Lesbian Catholic, Catholic Mother of Gay Child

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Lesbian/gay stories were included in preparatory materials for the 2018 World Meeting of Families, a potential sign that this year's gathering in Dublin may be more inclusive than past events. Read More

Repudiating Pope Francis, U.S. Bishops Vote to Create Marriage and Family Document

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Meeting earlier this week, U.S. bishops voted to develop a document on marriage and family in a delayed response to Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia. But overall, on this document and in other ways, the meeting was largely a continued rejection of the pope's vision. Read More

Gender Ideology, Transgender Reality: A Deacon Parent’s Perspective

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Today’s post is written by a guest blogger: Deacon Ray Dever of St. Paul Catholic Church,... Read More

Cardinal Schönborn Says Church Must Meet All Families Where They Are

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A top cardinal has endorsed the idea that the church support all families, including those... Read More

Same-Gender Love “Not a Natural Condition,” Says Vatican Official

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A senior Vatican official who defended the reception of Communion by divorced and remarried Catholics... Read More

Balancing Justice and Mercy in Pope Francis’ Teaching

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Two key buzzwords of Pope Francis’ papacy have been “justice” and “mercy.”  Time and again,... Read More

Instructions on “Amoris Laetitia” from Malta’s Bishops Can Inform LGBT Issues, Too

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Bishops in Malta have published a document on applying Amoris Laetitia, the apostolic exhortation on family... Read More

Conscience, Yes. But a Common Understanding of It in the Age of Pope Francis? Not Yet.

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QUOTE TO NOTE: On Church Gatekeepers

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Bondings 2.0 has reported on the Vatican-level debate between four cardinals, led by Cardinal Raymond... Read More

Top Vatican Official for Family Life Rebukes U.S. Bishops

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Pope Francis’ top official for marriage and family issues criticized his U.S. colleagues this week for their... Read More