Fr. Timothy Radcliffe Archives

LGBTQ+ Issues Feature Prominently at Vatican Briefing; More Synod Updates

October 23, 2024/4 Comments/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

For the first time this month, LGBTQ+ issues were prominent at a Vatican press briefing. Though the speakers faced repeated questions from journalists, however, their responses were minimal but, in one instance, quite surprising. Today's post features this news and other items as the Synod's assembly concludes this week. Read More

Change Seems Imperceptible, But Holy Spirit Working at Synod, Writes Dominican Scholar

October 17, 2024/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

How can we reconcile the two imperatives of Francis’ papacy: to be outward-looking to bring the Gospel to the ends of the world, to all cultures, and to be open to all human beings, whatever their condition and whoever they are? Read More

At Synod, U.S. Cardinal Tells LGBTQ+ Catholics and Allies: “Don’t Go Away”

October 12, 2024/2 Comments/in Hierarchy, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

ROME—For the first time since this month's Synod assembly began, speakers at a Vatican press conference addressed LGBTQ+ issues directly. A U.S. cardinal's message was: "Don't go away." Read More

Pope’s Next Consistory Will Have a Number of LGBTQ-Positive New Cardinals

October 7, 2024/2 Comments/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Pope Francis has named 21 new cardinals to be elevated at a December consistory, a number of whom have LGBTQ-positive records. Read More

At Synod, “Niche Issues” and “Fashionable Reforms” Criticized—And Championed

October 5, 2024/4 Comments/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

This week as the Synod on Synodality's General Assembly began, their were repeated exhortations from leaders and delegates not to get caught up in gender and sexuality debates, pejoratively described as "niche issues" and "fashionable reforms." But, for some participants these are precisely what the Assembly should tackle. Read More

Vatican Newspaper Publishes Gay-Positive Essay from Synod’s Spiritual Assistant

September 28, 2024/2 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Participants in the Synod on Synodality's General Assembly are on retreat today to prepare spiritually for their deliberations, which formally begin this Wednesday. Throughout the month-long assembly, two spiritual assistants will guide them, one of whom recently made some LGBTQ-positive remarks. Read More

LGBTQ+ Issues Feature Prominently at Vatican Briefing; More Synod Updates

Change Seems Imperceptible, But Holy Spirit Working at Synod, Writes Dominican Scholar

At Synod, U.S. Cardinal Tells LGBTQ+ Catholics and Allies: “Don’t Go Away”

Pope’s Next Consistory Will Have a Number of LGBTQ-Positive New Cardinals

At Synod, “Niche Issues” and “Fashionable Reforms” Criticized—And Championed

Vatican Newspaper Publishes Gay-Positive Essay from Synod’s Spiritual Assistant

Fr. Radcliffe: If Church Loves LGBTQ+ People, Evolution Will Happen

Is the Church a “Family”?

Synod Chaplain Hopes Story of Bisexual Woman’s Suicide Changed Participants

The Samaritan Woman, LGBTQ+ People, and the Synod

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