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Bishop: Seminarians Need Safe Place to Explore Sexuality and Integrate It

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"We need a climate where individuals can explore their own sexuality in a safe space and integrate it into their personality."  Read More

Theologian Calls Italian Policy Admitting Gay Seminarians “Revolutionary.” Others, Not So Much.

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“This is more revolutionary in the Church than those who want to claim that nothing has actually happened.” Read More

With Vatican Approval, Italian Bishops Change Criteria for Gay Seminarians

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"This developement is a big step forward. It clarifies previous ambiguous statements about gay seminary candidates, which viewed them with suspicion." Read More

Pope Reportedly Says Anti-LGBTQ+ Term Again, Yet Affirms Gay Priests’ Goodness

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For a second time, Pope Francis has reportedly used an anti-gay term and warned about gay men in seminary during closed-door remarks to a room of clergy. Yet, he is also reported to have met with Fr. James Martin, SJ, and affirmed gay priests. Read More

Gay Priests Respond to Papal Controversy, Including an Invitation for Pope Francis to Meet With Some of Them

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Today's post features commentaries and reactions from several openly gay priests, both to the past week's news about Pope Francis and the broader issue of homosexuality and ministry. Read More

Gay People Are Priests. Let Us Give Thanks to the Lord, Our God.

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When the official ecclesial stance is such an unhealthy and closeted spirituality, ironically, the behaviors and attitudes that the Pope deplores are what result. Read More

Pope Francis Apologizes for Using Anti-Gay Slur in Discussion of Seminary Formation

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Pope Francis has apologized for using a homophobic slang word when speaking to Italy's bishops about whether gay men should be accepted to seminaries. Read More

U.S. Priests Group Defends Gay Clergy, Seeks Dialogue with Bishops

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A reform-oriented priests' group approved a statement of support for gay clergy at its assembly earlier this year, and ask the U.S. bishops to do likewise for such men. Read More

In Italy, Gay Priests Come Out via Letter Decrying Homophobia in the Church; And More News

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When Bondings 2.0 first began in 2011, the hope was to find enough content to post once a day. Twelve years later, we consistently find ourselves with too much Catholic LGBTQ+ content! We have stuck to one post per day as a rule, but that at times means some news gets lost and never make it onto the blog. Today's post is a form of our "News Notes" series that features two of these older stories, which are still relevant and worth reading. Read More

Conservative Catholic Group Spent $4 Million Seeking to Forcibly Out Gay Priests

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A report from The Washington Post has revealed that a conservative Catholic group invested millions of dollars to potentially out gay priests based on their personal data. Read More