We need to ask how we might loosen the bonds of our fellow LGBTQ+ folks and even of our fellow Catholics who disagree with us. Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/binding-and-loosing.jpg?fit=300%2C238&ssl=1238300Brian Flanaganhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngBrian Flanagan2026-09-06 01:00:452026-09-04 11:42:01Do We Have the Power to “Bind and to Loose”?
“Giving thanks that the Church offers blessing to those who seek it in spirit and in truth, we ask, O God of love, that your grace come down upon Julian and Martin as they mark the 50th anniversary of their relationship." Read More
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The book is a reminder to LGBTQ+ Catholics and their allies that the struggle (and joys) of being queer and Catholic are universal---but also take many different forms. Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/images.jpeg?fit=225%2C225&ssl=1225225Elsie Carson-Holthttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngElsie Carson-Holt2025-03-15 01:00:332025-03-14 12:13:58Anthology Offers a Look Into the Lives of LGBTQ+ Chinese Catholics
Bondings 2.0 asked ten leading voices in the LGBTQ Catholic world to respond to Christopher Lamb’s suggestion that the Catholic Church has made a decisive shift on LGBTQ issues. Today's post is Part I of their responses. Read More
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"Had it not been for what I consider the miraculous intervention of the Holy Father, I would have simply been another failed priestly statistic, chewed over by a no-longer serviceable canonical system." Read More
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Pope Francis has called a leading gay theologian and priest who was suspended from active ministry over his LGBTQ-affirming work, saying the pope gave the theologian "the power of the keys." Read More
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Yesterday, Bondings 2.0 outlined the first column in Fr. James Alison's two-part series on homosexuality and the priesthood. Today's post summarizes the second column in The Tablet, which you can read in full here. Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/gay-priests.jpg?fit=1480%2C832&ssl=18321480Robert Shine, Managing Editorhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngRobert Shine, Managing Editor2018-08-19 01:00:542019-02-19 15:23:40Laity Key to Releasing Gay Priests from “Lying Trap,” Writes Theologian James Alison
