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“Fiducia Supplicans” Is Beginning, Not End of Church Dialogue, Say Theologians

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Today's post features insights from theologians collected over the preceding weeks about "Fiducia Supplicans." Read More

At Pre-Synod Retreat, Fr. Timothy Radcliffe Encourages Centering Gay People, Others on Margins

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The first global assembly for the Synod on Synodality is now underway after yesterday's opening Mass, and already LGBTQ+ issues have gained prominence. Today's post features news and commentaries from the past week, which also included a separate document from Pope Francis expressing openness to blessing same-gender couples. Read More

New Article Examines Role LGBTQ+ Issues Play in Exodus of Catholics from the Church

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In a recent article, Don Clemmer explores how understandings of identity, particularly for LGBTQ+ Catholics, play a role in the exodus of people leaving the Catholic Church. Read More

Programs Scheduled For LGBTQ & Ally Participation in Synod on Synodality

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With the Synod on Synodality now fully underway, New Ways Ministry is announcing two upcoming programs in early 2022 to help LGBTQ people and allies engage with the synodal process. Read More

The Bodies of Christ (Not a Typo)

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Receiving the Bodies of Christ again feels to me like coming home to a warm supper after a long day on the road – it’s not just the food, but the family around the table, who make it the regular, perhaps underappreciated miracle that it is Read More

The Holy Family: It’s Complicated

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Despite the depictions on countless greeting cards and stained glass windows, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus did not truly resemble a stereotypical modern, white, suburban family. Read More

Theologian: Vatican’s Nativity Scene Signals Church with a Future

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Against its many critics, theologian Brian Flanagan writes a defense of the Vatican's 2020 Nativity scene that has lessons for LGBTQ Catholics and allies, too. Read More

Learning to Walk on Water

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When we go back into the closet in various ways, when the wind and the waves of prejudice or misunderstanding seem too strong, we begin to doubt the One who tells us not to be afraid. Read More

Review: New Book on Sin in the Catholic Church Has Lessons for LGBTQ Catholics

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Today’s post is from guest blogger Jason Steidl who reviews "Stumbling in Holiness," a new book on sin and sanctity in the church by theologian Brian Flanagan, and shares its implications for LGBTQ and Ally Catholics. Read More

Theological Forum Publishes Review Series on New Book, “In the Closet of the Vatican”

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The latest additions to the discourse surrounding Frédéric Martel's controversial new book, In the Closet of the Vatican, have been published by an online humanities forum featuring a Catholic theologians and pastoral ministers. Read More