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(Most) Rhode Island Clergy Offer Lesson in Pastoral Priorities

At the beginning of August a newly married gay Catholic couple in Rhode Island was... Read More

NEWS NOTES: August 19, 2013

Here are some items that may be of interest: 1) Using hyperbolic language, the Catholic... Read More

Pope Francis’ Predicament with Conservative Catholics

Pope Francis is merely five months into his papacy, but he already is reversing a... Read More

Carla Hale Settles with Diocese of Columbus in Discriminatory Firing

Lesbian educator Carla Hale, who was fired from a Catholic high school earlier this year,... Read More

Jesuit Professor Hopeful About Catholic Future on LGBT Issues

Earlier this month, Bondings 2.0 reported on Michael O’Loughlin’s article about “Being Gay at a Catholic University,”... Read More

Transgender Student Decides to Skip Graduation After Discrimination

Damian Garcia and his supporters hoped St. Pius X High School would let him walk outfitted... Read More

Rep. Paul Ryan Endorses LGBT Adoption, While Newt Gingrich Digs In Against Equality

As marriage equality becomes law in state after state, related legal matters like adoption rights... Read More

Palm Sunday, Oscar Romero, and LGBT Human Rights in El Salvador

Today is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week, when we remember Jesus’ suffering and... Read More

Laity & Church Workers Compel Bishop to Retract Orthodoxy Test

Bishop Robert Vasa of Santa Rosa temporarily retracted an addendum in the contracts of Catholic... Read More

New Report Reveals Conservatives’ Misuse of Religious Liberty Claims

A new report on religious liberty details the impact conservative Christians, especially Catholics, have had... Read More