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Voices from the LGBTQ+ Jubilee Year Pilgrimage, Part 1

Diverse perspectives from LGBTQ+ pilgrims from aroujnd the world. Read More

Journalist’s Journey Back to Catholicism

"Longman’s journey is a reminder that faith, like identity, is not something to be handed to you. . ." Read More

The Joys of Finding an LGBTQ-Friendly Parish

"I just hope that that message of, 'All are welcome. The doors are open to all. Welcome home. You are loved,' is shouted from the rooftops, from every rafter of every church ceiling in New York City and beyond." Read More

Synod Delegates Share Some of the Dynamics Around LGBTQ+ Discussions

"There were some very compelling testimonies on the part of people about that in terms of their families. That was not fully reflected in the document." Read More

Holy Saturday: The Right Way to Wait

Most of our lives are spent in Holy Saturday. Waiting for life just to get...better. Read More

On Holy Family Sunday, A Father’s Plea to Church Leaders

On this feast day of The Holy Family, I want to shout to our Church leaders to review the viability of Church teaching when it comes to same-sex activity, to own at least partial responsibility for the hate and ignorance and pain that my son and countless others have had to overcome, and to examine whether this teaching is enhancing souls and is consistent with Jesus’ message of love and inclusiveness. Read More

For All the Saints (Part Two)

A few days ago, Bondings 2.0 asked its readers: “If you could canonize any LGBTQ person or ally, living or dead, Catholic or not, fictional or real, who would it be, and why?” Here are more responses. Read More

Are There Really Two Sides in the Catholic LGBT Discussion?

Have some Catholic discussions have gotten so polarized as to no longer really being debates at all? Read More

The Best Catholic LGBT News Events of 2018

To end 2018 on a positive note, we present to you the results of the Bondings 2.0's readers poll of the Best Catholic LGBT News Events of 2018. Read More

‘Catholic Alt-Right’ Groups Go On Offensive Against LGBT Issues

Though the majority of American Catholics are in favor of LGTBQ+ inclusion in the church, a vocal minority of conservative groups continue to spread harmful rhetoric and practices of exclusion. Read More