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Ireland Ends "Year of Equality" with LGBT Church Worker Protections

Ireland’s lawmakers ended the country’s “Year of Equality” by passing a bill that will ban discrimination... Read More

Why Does God Call John the Baptist and Other Nobodies?

For the four Sundays of Advent, Bondings 2.0 will feature reflections on the day’s Scripture readings by... Read More

Dominican Cardinal Attacks U.S. Gay Diplomat, Saying He is "Wife to a Man"

A church leader with a history of homophobic remarks lashed out against the U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic, who is gay. Read More

Catholic Colleges Advance on Trans* Inclusion, Including Restrooms

As frequent readers of our “Campus Chronicles” series know, Catholic higher education frequently leads the... Read More

ALL ARE WELCOME: Baltimore Parish's LEAD Ministry a Model for the Church

The ALL ARE WELCOME series is an occasional feature on this blog that highlights Catholic parishes and faith... Read More

Pope Francis Forgoes LGBT Human Rights During First Visit to Africa

Pope Francis’ visit to Kenya, Uganda, and the Central African Republic concluded yesterday without explicit remarks... Read More

Australian Bishops Face Discrimination Complaint Over Anti-Marriage Book

Australia’s bishops are facing a discrimination complaint about an anti-marriage equality publication they published earlier this year,... Read More

Play Starring Transgender Jesus Draws Catholic Protests

Catholics in Northern Ireland protested a play performed this month which portrays Jesus as a transgender woman, but the playwright defended it as an attempt to make audiences "think again" about faith and gender. Read More

LGBT Africans Ask Pope Francis to Preach Tolerance

LGBT folks in Uganda and Kenya are asking Pope Francis to preach tolerance during his Apostolic Voyage to their nations beginning Wednesday. Read More

Cloistered Argentine Carmelite Nun Reaches Out to Trans Women

Regular long-time readers of Bondings 2.0  may remember our posts about Sister “Monica,” a U.S. nun... Read More