LGBTQ Archives - Page 21 of 215

Be Cautious in Trusting Secular ‘Kings’

October 22, 2023/8 Comments/in Politics & Human Rights, Scriptural Reflections, Uncategorized /by Michaelangelo Allocca

This issue has been a tangled mess for us in the queer segment of the population. Difficulties arise from both the “wall of separation” and from the “inherently intertwined” points of view. Read More

Imagining the Feminist and LGBTQ-Affirming Sacramentality of a Synodal Church

October 21, 2023/5 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Barbara Anne Kozee

My image of a synodal church, however distant it may be, includes women preaching and ministering the Gospel during the blessing of LGBTQ marriage. Read More

LGBTQ+ Advocates Celebrate New Pastoral Accompaniment Guidelines

October 20, 2023/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Sarah Cassidy

LGBTQ+ Catholics and supporters are celebrating a new set of guidelines that aims to treat LGBTQ+ individuals with “welcome, love, and respect.” Read More

Synod Chaplain Hopes Story of Bisexual Woman’s Suicide Changed Participants

October 19, 2023/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A spiritual advisor to the Synod assembly said he "hoped it changed us," referring to a delegate's intervention about a bisexual youth who died by suicide. Read More

Just What Does ‘Homophobia Must Be Rejected’ Actually Mean?

October 18, 2023/9 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

If this assembly’s final synthesis can only come up with an agreement that all homophobia must be rejected, it must have a good definition of what the assembly means by homophobia. Read More

Pope Francis Receives Sr. Jeannine Gramick at Vatican

October 17, 2023/24 Comments/in New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Synod on Synodality /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

In a moment once unimaginable, Sister Jeannine Gramick, SL, met with Pope Francis today at the Vatican. Read More

Pain Caused to LGBTQ+ People and Others Was Topic of Synod Briefing

October 17, 2023/1 Comment/in Synod on Synodality /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

“. . . It is important to know if there has been any discussion of acknowledging and responding to the past hurts, and not just to LGBTQ+ people, before this spirit of synodality had begun.” Read More

Diocese of Davenport’s New LGBTQ+ Guidelines Model Synodality in Action

October 16, 2023/1 Comment/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The Diocese of Davenport's new guidelines on LGBTQ+ pastoral care are "strikingly positive," and could possibly "shift the trend of transgender-negative diocesan policies in the U.S.," contends Robert Shine, associate director of New Ways Ministry. Read More

Trans Inclusion Is Not Enough for True Synodality

October 15, 2023/3 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Guest Contributor

Against this idea, some Catholics claim that those of us who are trans should find our identity in Christ over and against our other identities. Under this view, we should participate in synodality not on the basis of diversity as ‘trans people,’ but simply as ‘Catholics’. However, neither of these approaches properly contextualise transness. Read More

Gender and Sexuality Affect Every Person. The Synod Must Address This Reality.

October 14, 2023/3 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Higher Education, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Gender and sexuality must be taken up by the church universal in a more enlightened, substantive, dialogical way. The Synod assembly risks failure if it avoids full examinations of such core questions. Read More

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