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First Catholic LGBTQ Youth Summit Succeeds Despite Church Ouster

May 20, 2015/1 Comment/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Despite being kicked off Catholic property at the last minute, the first LGBTQ+ Catholic Youth Summit successfully took place in Minnesota last Saturday. Read More

Archdiocese of Newark Fires Seton Hall University Chaplain for NOH8 Support

May 18, 2015/7 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Seton Hall University's head of campus ministry has been removed after publicly supporting the NOH8 campaign on social media. Read More

CAMPUS CHRONICLES: LGBT Issues Play a Role in Catholic Colleges' Commencement Ceremonies

May 17, 2015/4 Comments/in Hierarchy, Higher Education, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York is addressing Le Moyne College graduates today with hundreds promising to ignore his speech after asking for Dolan's removal. Read More

Vatican Family Official Thanks TV's "Modern Family" for Revealing Reality

May 16, 2015/4 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A Vatican official praised the television show "Modern Family" for raising interest in the complexities of family life today, saying this ties in well with Pope Francis' initiatives to address pastoral care issues through the synods. Read More

LGBT Church Worker Struggles Continue in Court, in Schools, and the Chancery

May 15, 2015/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Marriage & Family, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Disputes involving church workers and their Catholic employers have been on the rise the last several years as LGBT rights, particularly around marriage, spread. Below, Bondings 2.0 provides updates for recent incidents about which we have reported previously. Read More

London Cardinal Celebrates Mass with LGBT Catholics

May 13, 2015/5 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

LGBT Catholics Westminster is the official archdiocesan ministry for gender and sexual minorities in London,... Read More

Pope Francis Invited to Visit New York's Homeless LGBT Youth

May 12, 2015/1 Comment/in Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Following an open letter published in the New York Times last spring, anti-homelessness advocate Carl Siciliano again wrote to Pope Francis on behalf of the LGBT youth for whom he provides care. Read More

NEWS NOTES: Baptisms, Hermits, Movie, and Protests

May 11, 2015/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Higher Education, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Schools & Youth /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Here are some items that you might find of interest: 1) At an ordination in Rome,... Read More

New Book Reveals Bisexual Actress Maria Bello Has Reclaimed Her Catholic Identity

May 11, 2015/0 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Actress Maria Bello's new book on identity raises questions about the labels used for ourselves and others and, in recent interviews, she opens up about reclaiming her identity as a Catholic while remaining proudly LGBT too. Read More

On Mother's Day: A Synod of Moms to Advise the Pope

May 10, 2015/6 Comments/in Gender Identity, Marriage & Family /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

I never get tired of telling people that Catholic parents of LGBT people are among... Read More

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