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Australian Bishops Face Discrimination Complaint Over Anti-Marriage Book

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Australia’s bishops are facing a discrimination complaint about an anti-marriage equality publication they published earlier this year,... Read More

Play Starring Transgender Jesus Draws Catholic Protests

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Catholics in Northern Ireland protested a play performed this month which portrays Jesus as a transgender woman, but the playwright defended it as an attempt to make audiences "think again" about faith and gender. Read More

LGBT Africans Ask Pope Francis to Preach Tolerance

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LGBT folks in Uganda and Kenya are asking Pope Francis to preach tolerance during his Apostolic Voyage to their nations beginning Wednesday. Read More

Cloistered Argentine Carmelite Nun Reaches Out to Trans Women

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Regular long-time readers of Bondings 2.0  may remember our posts about Sister “Monica,” a U.S. nun... Read More

Church Workers Speak Out, Backed by 1,000+ Catholics at Call To Action Meeting

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Nearly 1,000 Catholics affirmed a Catholic Church Worker Declaration earlier this month, standing with church workers who have lost their jobs in LGBT-related disputes behind the document. Read More

In #PopeSpeakOut, Catholics Ask Pope Francis to Save LGBT Lives

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in just over one week, Pope Francis will begin an Apostolic Visit to Uganda, Kenya, and Central African Republic where homosexuality is culturally disapproved and, in the first two, is illegal. New Ways Ministry is relaunching our #PopeSpeakOut campaign to encourage the pope to oppose publicly during his trip the criminalization of, discrimination towards, and violence against LGBT communities. Read More

Will U.S. Bishops Finally Affirm Pope Francis' Agenda This Week?

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U.S. bishops will gather for their fall plenary next week, the outcomes of which will clearly indicate whether they are finally ready to affirm Pope Francis' agenda or pursue more of the same. Either way, decisions made in Baltimore will impact LGBT Catholic issues in this country for the next several years. So what is at stake? Read More

Church Worker Firing Challenges Chicago's Archbishop Cupich to Practice What He Preaches

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A second church worker in Chicago has claimed he was fired for being gay, according to a complaint filed against the archdiocese. This firing challenges the Pope Francis-like record of Archbishop Blase Cupich. Read More

LGBT Pilgrims Reflect on World Meeting of Families; Others Question Meeting's Impact

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As a busy fall for Catholic LGBT advocates winds down, its time for reflecting about what happened–and... Read More

U.S. Diplomat Criticizes Vatican Assertion that Western Aid Tied to Marriage Equality

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Visiting the Vatican earlier this week, a United States' diplomat tasked with LGBT human rights criticized the Vatican's assertion that Western governments tie foreign aid to marriage equality. These remarks come just weeks before Pope Francis journeys to Africa, including Uganda where anti-gay legislation resurfaced. Read More