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Picking Between LGBT Children and a Family's Faith is a False Choice, Says Catholic Advocate

January 11, 2015/2 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Caitlin Ryan, who heads the Family Acceptance Project and is Catholic, reminds parents they do not have to choose between LGBT children and their faith in a piece for The Washington Post. Read More

Irish Priest Comes Out During Mass, Endorses Marriage Equality to Applause

January 10, 2015/14 Comments/in LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

An Irish priest recently came out as gay, telling Catholics to vote for civil marriage equality in Ireland's upcoming referendum on the issue. Read More

ALL ARE WELCOME: Parish Discussions Keep Synod on Family's Efforts Going

January 9, 2015/2 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Two parish events in recent months reveal the ways in which Catholics are expanding LGBT welcome and keeping conversations about family going in the Catholic Church. Read More

Florida Bishop Says Church Should Respond to Marriage Equality with "Patience & Humility"

January 8, 2015/6 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Another bishop, Bishop Robert Lynch of St. Petersburg, has commented on the legalization of same-gender marriage... Read More

QUOTE TO NOTE: Cardinal Burke On What's Natural for Boys

January 7, 2015/30 Comments/in Hierarchy /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Cardinal Raymond Burke, long known for his strongly negative views on LGBT issues, particularly marriage... Read More

Archbishop Warns Church Workers as Marriage Equality Comes to Florida

January 7, 2015/18 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Marriage equality is now law in Florida and Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami has wasted no time warning church workers they could lose their jobs for publicly supporting LGBT rights. Read More

Where Do You Find Hope for the Church in 2015?

January 6, 2015/8 Comments/in Hierarchy /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

As 2015 begins and Pope Francis announces new cardinals, Bondings 2.0 wonders what sources of hope Catholic LGBT advocates look to for the coming year. Read More

What Pro-Gay Catholics Can Learn from Evangelicals About LGBT Issues

January 5, 2015/0 Comments/in New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

One of the most popular LGBT religion books to be published recently is Matthew Vines’ God and... Read More

Resolve to Create a Trans* Epiphany in 2015

January 4, 2015/10 Comments/in Gender Identity, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

One question is occupying my mind on today's Feast of the Epiphany: what does God's rupture into humanity mean following a 17-year-old trans* girl's suicide? Read More

Knights of Columbus Council Will Allow Lesbian Couple's Wedding Reception

January 3, 2015/8 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Knights of Columbus Council 934 reversed its decision to deny a same-gender couple use of their hall in the wake of public outcry against the Knights' discrimination. Read More

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