Fr. Timothy Radcliffe Archives

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

October 28, 2023/2 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

As the Synod on Synodality’s first General Assembly concludes this weekend, with its synthesis report expected later today, one participant offered final thoughts on whether and how church teaching on LGBTQ+ issues might change. Read More

Is the Church a “Family”?

October 27, 2023/2 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Guest Contributor

The point of this grim litany is to suggest that the metaphors of “home” and “family” cannot be innocently invoked by a Church that seeks to welcome LGBTQ people. Read More

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

October 19, 2023/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A spiritual advisor to the Synod assembly said he "hoped it changed us," referring to a delegate's intervention about a bisexual youth who died by suicide. Read More

The Samaritan Woman, LGBTQ+ People, and the Synod

October 12, 2023/3 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Scriptural Reflections, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Was Radcliffe using coded language to describe LGBTQ+ experience? I don’t think so. I think that if he wanted to make a point about LGBTQ+ people, he would have done so much more plainly. Read More

Approaching the Synod from 30,000 Feet

October 8, 2023/4 Comments/in Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Mark Guevarra

Clearly, my mind is on a lot of things, and as if that wasn’t enough, my heart is filled with excitement. I’m excited for a new way of being church that is emerging. Read More

At Pre-Synod Retreat, Fr. Timothy Radcliffe Encourages Centering Gay People, Others on Margins

October 5, 2023/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The first global assembly for the Synod on Synodality is now underway after yesterday's opening Mass, and already LGBTQ+ issues have gained prominence. Today's post features news and commentaries from the past week, which also included a separate document from Pope Francis expressing openness to blessing same-gender couples. Read More

How Are Synod Assembly Participants on LGBTQ+ Issues? — Part III

July 14, 2023/0 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Gender Identity, Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post concludes our series highlighting some of the more LGBTQ-positive participants in this October's assembly for the Synod on Synodality, as the process is informally known. Read More