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Bondings 2.0 Heads to Rome for the Synod!

September 26, 2023/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Arts, Books & Culture, Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Higher Education, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A week from today, Bondings 2.0 editor Francis DeBernardo and I will begin reporting live from Rome on the Synod on Synodality' first global assembly. Throughout this multi-year process, LGBTQ+ issues have been a recurring priority for the people of God. Read More

Amid Political Protests, Canadian Catholic Schools Affirm LGBTQ+ Students

September 25, 2023/1 Comment/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Canadian Catholic school boards expressed support for LGBTQ+ students in the face of nationwide protests against equality last week, with educators asserting that pro-LGBTQ+ policies are entirely consistent with Catholic identity. Read More

“You Have Made Them Equal to Us”

September 24, 2023/8 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

God’s ways, however, are different from our human ways. Much to our shock and horror, God insists on everyone being treated truly as equals. Read More

U.S. Bishops Oppose Federal Non-Discrimination Rule for Social Service Providers

September 22, 2023/6 Comments/in Gender Identity, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The U.S. bishops' conference has lobbied against a proposed federal regulation to stop discrimination against LGBTQ+ people relating to government grants for social services. Read More

Cleveland Diocese’s New Gender Policy Is “Dangerous,” Say Catholic Protestors

September 21, 2023/5 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Ohio Catholics have strongly criticized a new restrictive diocesan gender policy which threatens to ban LGBTQ+ people and allies from participation in the church should they act in an "inappropriate or scandalous way." Read More

Catholic Summer Camp in Italy Closes After Firing Gay Teacher; And More News

September 20, 2023/0 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post includes news about a controversy at an Italian summer camp, new comments by former Irish president Mary McAleese, and more. Read More

Synod Member Objects to Kenyan Court’s Pro-LGBTQ+ Ruling

September 19, 2023/2 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Synod on Synodality /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

An archbishop who will be a member of the Vatican's upcoming Synod assembly has decried a Kenyan court's ruling that an LGBTQ+ group may gain legal recognition. Read More

Catholic Theology Needs Greater Respect for Bodily Autonomy, Writes Therapist

September 18, 2023/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Sarah Cassidy

While Thompson knows that “Catholics are supposed to believe” in the gender binary of only male and female, she cannot support this understanding. For her, that binary has been used as a form of control, power, and suppression. Read More

The Benefit of the Doubt

September 17, 2023/0 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Guest Contributor

Today’s post is from guest contributor Sr. Donna McGartland. Donna is one of the authors... Read More

Drag Performance of the Lord’s Prayer Sparks Philippines Controversy

September 16, 2023/1 Comment/in Arts, Books & Culture, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Phoebe Carstens

A recent viral video of a Filipino drag queen performing “Ama Namin,” the Tagalog translation of the Lord’s Prayer, has led to a debate over what may be deemed appropriate religious and artistic expression. Read More

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