To proclaim Jesus as queer is to proclaim that He understands deeply what it means to live on the margins and – most importantly – to turn that marginality into grace and salvation.
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After a federal judge denied Catholic schools in Colorado the right to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, the schools having filed an appeal, prompting LGBTQ+ advocates and educators to become more outspoken. Read More
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Gen Z Catholics, born between roughly 1997 and 2021, are responding with “courage, resilience, and faith” to so many of the world’s major threats, including threats to LGBTQ+ rights, according to a recent essay in "U.S. Catholic." Read More
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You're invited to New Ways Ministry's upcoming webinar about LGBTQ+ church workers, "Cornerstones: A Conversation with Editors and Contributors," which will be held on Zoom on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 7:30 - 8:45 p.m. Eastern U.S. Time. Read More
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Today, New Ways Ministry is pleased to announce its latest publication, "Cornerstones: Sacred Stories of LGBTQ+ Employees in Catholic Institutions." Read More
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Earlier this week, Bondings 2.0 reported on news Pope Francis had told a young gay Catholic to "go forward with your vocation" to priesthood and highlighted how some openly gay priests have responded. Today's post is a round up of other commentaries from writers, advocates, and Catholic faithful. Read More
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Today's post features insights from theologians collected over the preceding weeks about "Fiducia Supplicans." Read More
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Juan Carlos Cruz, a close friend to Pope Francis, is honored by an LGBTQ+ publication, one theologian remembers a DignityUSA founder, and more news. Read More
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LGBTQ+ Catholics and supporters are celebrating a new set of guidelines that aims to treat LGBTQ+ individuals with “welcome, love, and respect.” Read More
A gay theologian has argued that queerness and queer theology must be "an essential component of the synodal journey" ahead of the Synod on Synodality's first global assembly this October. Read More
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