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"With All Families, Without Condemnation" (And More Synod Reactions)

October 30, 2015/2 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

“With All Families, Without Condemnation.” That was the headline last Sunday on Italy’s national Catholic... Read More

What I Learned From Observing the Synod on Marriage and Family

October 29, 2015/14 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Below is a postscript to Bondings 2.0’s reports from the Synod on Marriage and Family in... Read More

Priest Says Same-Sex Marriage Improves Society, As Catholic Nations Commence Weddings

October 28, 2015/7 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A Maryland Catholic priest said the Supreme Court's Obergefell ruling which legalized marriage equality nationwide in June "may, in fact, make things better, not only for LGBT couples, but also for our society." Read More

LGBT Advocates, Vatican Observers React to Synod on the Family's Final Report

October 27, 2015/5 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, New Ways Ministry /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Now that the Synod on the Family is concluded, much is already being written about an event The New York Times called the "most momentous, and contentious, meeting of bishops" since Vatican II. Below, Bondings 2.0 provides some early commentaries and reactions related to LGBT topics. Read More

Bishop Bonny: Better the Synod Say Nothing on Gay Marriage Than Something Bad

October 24, 2015/6 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Below is the next installment of Bondings 2.0’s reports from the Synod on Marriage and... Read More

Why Didn't the Synod Have a More Robust Discussion of LGBT Issues?

October 23, 2015/11 Comments/in Hierarchy /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Below is the next installment of Bondings 2.0’s reports from the Synod on Marriage and... Read More

SYNOD 2015: Reading Tea Leaves As the End Approaches

October 22, 2015/3 Comments/in Hierarchy /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

In just a few days, the Synod on the Family will conclude after three weeks of deliberations. What outcome or impact all of this will have in the church as the bishops depart Rome and return to their local churches is less apparent. Read More