Holy Trinity Catholic Church Archives

How Catholics Celebrate Pride: Jesuit Pastor Defends Pride Mass Against Protests

June 26, 2023/2 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

This month, it has seemed that so much of what we cover on Bondings 2.0 is negative news regarding Pride. For this final week of Pride Month, we are instead highlighting in a series of posts titled "How Catholics Celebrate Pride" all the good ways that the people of God are celebrating queerness and advocating for equality. Read More

New Book Highlights South African Parish’s Work with LGBTQ Refugees

November 22, 2021/0 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Arts, Books & Culture, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights /by Angela Howard-McParland

A new book chronicling LGBTQ refugees in South Africa aims to bring a positive light to the influences religion can have for the queer community. Read More

U.S. Catholics, Including Sisters of Mercy, Express Pain About Vatican Blessings Ban

April 10, 2021/1 Comment/in Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Despite the Vatican's attempt to end the conversation on blessing same-gender couples, negative reactions to the ban continue to pour in from all parts of the Catholic world. Some of that conversation is about the difficult navigation of LGBTQ Catholics choosing to remain in the church or leave, and the losses that such leaving cause to the church. Read More

Vatican Ban on Same-Gender Blessings Imperils LGBTQ People, Say African Activists

March 31, 2021/3 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Same-Gender Blessings /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

LGBTQ Catholics worldwide continue to resist the Vatican's ban on blessing same-gender couples. Today's post features some of those reactions, including from activists in two African countries. Read More