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What Does a Holy Family Look Like? What Makes Your Family Holy?

November 28, 2017/3 Comments/in Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Bondings 2.o would like to show the world what contemporary Catholic life looks like, especially in regard to sexual orientation and gender identity. So, to celebrate the feast this year, we are turning to our readers. Read More

It’s Our Birthday AND It’s Giving Tuesday!

November 28, 2017/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

How time flies when you're producing a blog on Catholic LGBT news, opinion, and spirituality! It's been six years since we started this blog! What a journey it has been! Read More

Against Right-Wing Pressure, Catholic Bishop and College Stand by Fr. James Martin

November 27, 2017/5 Comments/in Higher Education, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A Catholic college and Pennsylvania bishop are the latest public supporters of Fr. James Martin, SJ, after they refused to concede to right-wing activists who wanted the priest disinvited from a scheduled speaking appearance. Read More

Catholic Play at Stonewall Inn Asks Important Questions About Faith and Identity

November 26, 2017/0 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

"I wrote this play because I was—I am—struggling with my faith. The question is not whether I ought to be Catholic but rather: How ought I to be Catholic? What kind of Catholic am I to be? How can I continue to nurture my relationship with God, a relationship anchored in the church, but also acknowledge that I want change?" Read More

CATHOLIC LGBT HISTORY: Bishop Gumbleton’s Tour of LGBT Listening Sessions

November 25, 2017/4 Comments/in Hierarchy /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

When the history of LGBT issues in the Catholic Church gets written, a large chapter (or maybe several) will have to be devoted to Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, now a retired auxiliary bishop in Detroit, Michigan. Read More

Nottingham Parish Welcomes LGBT People at Mass

November 24, 2017/5 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

“My hope, as I travel about the diocese, is that more LGBT Catholics do feel welcome and part of the parish where they attend Mass, and that they are involved in its life and work. These occasional Masses for LGBT Catholics, their families and friends, in various parts of the diocese of Nottingham are more to reassure those LGBT Catholics who may feel hurt and uncared for by the Church, that they are very much part of the pastoral care I wish to ensure is offered to all Catholics in the diocese.” Read More

Giving Thanks for All That We Have Received

November 23, 2017/9 Comments/in Personal Stories /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

In the United States of America, today is Thanksgiving Day, a time set aside each... Read More

The Circular Journey to Catholic LGBT Equality

November 22, 2017/8 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

How can we move forward in a circle without ending up stuck in a spin? Read More

Rainbow Catholics Ask Church to ‘Hear a Just Cause’

November 21, 2017/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The Global Network of Rainbow Catholics, a coalition of Catholic LGBTIQ organizations and individuals from around the world, will be holding their Second Assembly November 3oth to December 3rd in Munich/Dachau, Germany. Find out the hopes of one of the coalition's leaders. Read More

Transgender Day of Remembrance: Time for Catholics to Speak and Act

November 20, 2017/1 Comment/in Gender Identity, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance, a time to pause to think about the many transgender people beaten and murdered over the past year, and for many years previously. Read More

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