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Springfield Diocese Sets Restrictive Expectations for Parents of Catholic School Children

A same-gender couple’s attempt to register their child in a Catholic school in the diocese... Read More

Illinois Priest Sends Entire Town Anti-Gay Letter, Calls it a "Public Service"

Thousands in the 61883 ZIP code received Fr. Timothy Sauppé's unsolicited public notice about the "homosexual culture war, but the priest is refusing to apologize as criticism in his community grows. Read More

What The People of God Would Say to Pope Francis

A few days ago, we asked Bondings 2.0 readers what you would say about LGBT issues... Read More

San Francisco Teachers Approve New Archdiocesan Contract by Slim Majority

Teachers at San Francisco's Catholic high schools passed new contracts containing enhanced morality clauses by a slim majority, the latest in a months long struggle between Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone and Bay Area Catholics about LGBT inclusion. Read More

What Mexican Catholics Can Teach Australia (and the World) When It Comes to Marriage

In Bonding 2.0's update on marriage equality's global progress as it relates to Catholics earlier this week, we reported Mexico's legalization of same-gender marriages and Australia's failure to do so. To many, it is a paradox that a highly Catholic nation would advance LGBT rights while the land of "No Worries" is stalled after more than a decade debating the issue. Read More

Marriage Equality Momentum Grows in Philippines, While Australia's Catholic PM Keeps Up Opposition

Marriage equality's global progress is still limited, legal in only twenty-one nations so far, but historically Catholic areas keep advancing LGBT rights. Below, Bondings 2.0 offers updates about several relevant developments in the Philippines, Australia, and elsewhere. Read More

Philly Archbishop Evicts LGBT Events Scheduled for World Meeting of Families; New Ways Ministry and Equally Blessed Respond

New Ways Ministry’s workshop,  “Transforming Love:  Gender Identity from Catholic Perspectives” workshop, which was scheduled... Read More

What Would You Say to Pope Francis about LGBT Issues in the Church?

A few months back, the Jesuit-weekly America asked high-profile Catholics ranging from Stephen Colbert to James Keenan what they would say to Pope Francis if they were afforded five minutes with the pontiff. Read More

What's So Wrong About 'Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin'? Lots.

As many folks know, Catholic magisterial teaching on homosexuality is not a simple and flat... Read More

Detroit Archbishop: Breaking Up Gay Relationships Is Like Moses Leading Hebrews Out of Egypt

Catholics protested a Michigan conference highlighting gay-negative views, including Archbishop Allen Vigneron's suggestion that breaking up same-gender relationships is comparable to Moses leading the Hebrew people out of Egypt. Read More