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What Dignity Means Now: Part Two of Commonweal’s Symposium on “Dignitas Infinita”

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Dignitas Infinita’s statements should be read as “boundaries, warning signals, and challenges for moralists and public-policy leaders” rather than as pastoral guidelines, writes Cathleen Kaveny in a recent essay on the Vatican declaration. Read More

English Diocese Bans Pride Celebrations in Restrictive Gender Policy for Catholic Schools

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The Diocese of Nottingham has published a guide on gender identity issues in Catholic schools, which, among other restrictions, bans celebrations of Pride. Read More

Bishops in England and Wales Condem Gender-Affirming Care in Pastoral Guidance

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The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales (CBCEW) have published a new document on gender identity, which, while encouraging pastoral accompaniment, condemns both "gender theory" and gender-affirming care. Read More

Beyond the Binary: Queer Visibility in Pride Month—And All Year

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When LGBTQ people are asked to hide our true selves, the whole community suffers. We shouldn’t have to hide our lamp under the bushel basket to make others more comfortable—after all, hiding the light also means hiding our unique gifts and talents. Read More

Georgetown U. Offers Gender-Neutral Housing to All Incoming Students

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Gender-neutral housing will now be available at Georgetown University next fall for first year students thanks to a pilot program at the Jesuit school in Washington, D.C. Read More

Vowed Hermit Comes Out as Transgender with Support of Bishop Stowe

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In what is perhaps an historical first, a diocesan hermit has come out as transgender, and has done so with the support of his local bishop. The hermit's hope is to expand what gender-diverse Catholics understand to be possible for them in the church. Read More

Catholic Parents in Malta Say “Dignitas Infinita” Is Devastating for Transgender People

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The members of Drachma Parents were greatly distressed when we read Dignitas Infinita and saw our Trans* siblings who are being once again pushed to the periphery and again denied any small shaft of light they might have found to make them feel whole. Read More

How Galileo’s 17th-Century Theology Can Help the Church Better Understand Gender Today

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Galileo was condemned as a heretic because he believed—rightly, as we know now—that the sun rests at the center of our planetary system. . .The Vatican shouldn’t make the same mistakes it did in the 17th century again in the 21st.  Read More

The Errors that Archbishop Vigneron Makes about Gender

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Had Vigneron taken time to practice the loving accompaniment he recommends, he might have discovered that many trans people are, in fact, in agreement with him on the question of body/soul dualism. Read More

Vatican Deprives Transgender People Means of Survival, Writes Theologian; More News

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In the two weeks since Dignitas Infinita, the Vatican's declaration on human dignity that included negative sections on gender identity and transitions, was released, numerous commentaries about it have been published. Posts yesterday and today have featured some of these commentaries, more of which are included below. For all of Bondings 2.0’s coverage of the declaration and its reception, click here. Read More