Cristina Traina Archives - New Ways Ministry

“A Painful Lack of Understanding”: Theologians Respond to Vatican’s Latest Declaration

April 11, 2024/10 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Brian Flanagan

"Fundamentally unserious," "not just insulting, devastating," and "a painful lack of understanding." These are some Catholic theologians' appraisals of Dignitas Infinita, the Vatican document on human dignity released Monday that condemns “gender theory” and “sex change," appraisals featured in today's post. Read More

New Book Offers “New Ways and Next Steps” for LGBTQ+ Parish Ministry

August 2, 2023/0 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Arts, Books & Culture, Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Higher Education, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A new book to help Catholic parishes develop LGBTQ+ ministry is being published in September 2023 by Liturgical Press, a leading Catholic publishing house. The author is Francis DeBernardo, New Ways Ministry's executive director. Read More

Jesuit Parish’s Catholic Lesbian Group Provides Welcoming Experience

April 1, 2022/0 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Uncategorized /by Elise Dubravec

The group Catholic Lesbians at St. Francis Xavier Church, Manhattan recently shared with a local news outlet members' experiences and joys of being part of a church community which welcomes their perspectives and contributions. Read More

100+ Theologians Support New Ways Ministry’s Pledge to Bless Same-Gender Couples

April 6, 2021/0 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Catholic theologians are speaking out about why they support New Ways Ministry's pledge to bless same-gender couples, signed by more than 3,000 Catholics since it was launched in response to the Vatican's ban on such blessings. Read More

Pope Francis’ Theology of Family and Marriage Shows His Support for Civil Unions

November 5, 2020/1 Comment/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Theology & Church Teaching /by Cristina Traina

What springs to mind when you hear the word “family”? If it’s vulnerability, humility, fidelity, unconditional love, selflessness, mutual support and respect, teaming up with others to support the community, and a welcome to children (in particular those with special needs) and LGBTQ members—and if it comes in many shapes and sizes, including same-sex couples—you have a highly placed ally in the Roman Catholic Church: Pope Francis. Read More

Is Winning Some Losing All? The Paradox of Religious Freedom

June 25, 2018/3 Comments/in Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty /by Cristina Traina

Close on the heels of the 2014 Hobby Lobby and Wheaton College cases, the Supreme Court’s recent Masterpiece Cakeshop decision is only the most recent ruling to leave the politics of sexuality and religious freedom in an uncomfortable place. Read More

“A Painful Lack of Understanding”: Theologians Respond to Vatican’s Latest Declaration

New Book Offers “New Ways and Next Steps” for LGBTQ+ Parish Ministry

Jesuit Parish’s Catholic Lesbian Group Provides Welcoming Experience

100+ Theologians Support New Ways Ministry’s Pledge to Bless Same-Gender Couples

Pope Francis’ Theology of Family and Marriage Shows His Support for Civil Unions

Is Winning Some Losing All? The Paradox of Religious Freedom

Lost in Translation: Our Baptismal Identity

NEWS NOTES: September 6, 2016

Putting Pope Francis’ “Ideology of Gender” Comments in Context

On Being a Lesbian, Married to a Man, and Catholic

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