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Vatican’s Blessings Declaration Is “Essential But Awkward” Progress, Writes Theologian

April 2, 2024/1 Comment/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Brian Flanagan

Xavier Montecel highlights the awkwardness of the declaration’s attempt to maintain church doctrine on same-gender sexual activity while providing what he terms “a pastoral workaround.” Read More

500+ Sign Open Letter Demanding LGBTQ+ Inclusion at Providence College

April 1, 2024/1 Comment/in Employment Issues, Higher Education, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

An open letter from more than 500 members of the Providence College community is calling on the school's president to stop suppressing LGBTQ+ inclusion on campus. Read More

LGBTQ+ Issues May Not Be on the Synod’s Agenda This October. I Still Have Hope.

March 27, 2024/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Brian Flanagan

What big decisions are going to come out of the Synod on Synodality's General Assembly at the Vatican in October, especially decisions related to LGBTQ+ Catholics? Recently, we got a pretty clear answer. Read More

You’re Invited: The Next Steps in Parish LGBTQ+ Ministry

March 26, 2024/0 Comments/in New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Almost every day, Bondings 2.0 updates our readers on the latest Catholic LGBTQ+ news from around the world. Today, we offer some news closer to home: announcements from New Ways Ministry about upcoming programs and employment opportunities. Read More

LGBTQ+ Couples Are Not Only to Be Blessed: They Are Blessings to the Church

March 25, 2024/0 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Same-Gender Blessings, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The debate over Fiducia Supplicans, the Vatican's declaration allowing blessings for couples in situations deemed "irregular"y by church leaders, has prompted once LGBTQ+ Catholic to reflect on not only same-gender love, but all forms of love not fully embraced by the church. Read More

The Bishop Behind the Vatican’s Transgender-Welcoming Document on Sacraments

March 23, 2024/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

When the Vatican affirmed transgender people could be baptized in 2023, officials were doing so in response to one bishop's questions about LGBTQ+ people and the Sacraments. Since then, Brazilian newspaper El País profiled that bishop, the details about how the Vatican's instructions came about, and what the whole story might mean. Read More

Vatican’s Blessings Declaration Is “Essential But Awkward” Progress, Writes Theologian

500+ Sign Open Letter Demanding LGBTQ+ Inclusion at Providence College

LGBTQ+ Issues May Not Be on the Synod’s Agenda This October. I Still Have Hope.

You’re Invited: The Next Steps in Parish LGBTQ+ Ministry

LGBTQ+ Couples Are Not Only to Be Blessed: They Are Blessings to the Church

The Bishop Behind the Vatican’s Transgender-Welcoming Document on Sacraments

Amid Pride Dispute, Faculty to Hold Confidence Vote on Catholic School’s President

Our Journey with the Bishop of Springfield Toward LGBTQ+ Welcoming

Uruguayan Bishop Defends Blessing of LGBTQ+ Couple; And More Updates

Saint Joseph, Spouse of Mary and Patron of Queer Unions

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