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Treasures Hidden in LGBTQ+ Lives

July 30, 2023/1 Comment/in Scriptural Reflections /by Guest Contributor

To LGBTQ+ Catholics, the presence of God is the treasure hidden in the field of your own life. I, and we all, need your buried treasures. Read More

Global Network of Rainbow Catholics Launches Petition for LGBTQ+ Representation at Synod

July 29, 2023/2 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Synod on Synodality /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Catholic LGBTQ+ advocates worldwide have launched a petition asking the Vatican to include LGBTQ+ people and their families as participants in the upcoming assembly for the Synod on Synodality. Read More

Catholic Leaders Seek “Stronger Moral Leadership” from President Biden on LGBTQ+ Rights

July 28, 2023/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Politics & Human Rights /by Sarah Cassidy

How well has President Joe Biden, who often touts his Catholic faith, navigated LGBTQ+ issues? A new article in The Hill highlights how Biden both has been a “champion” and “behind the times” when it comes to advocating for LGBTQ+ people. Read More

On Vatican Podcast, Pope Francis Tells Transgender Youth: “God Loves Us As We Are”

July 27, 2023/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Pope Francis said to a transgender youth that "God loves us as we are," his latest LGBTQ-positive comment when engaging young people. Read More

New Ways Ministry: Pope Francis’ Transgender Welcome a Good Sign, and More Must Be Done

July 26, 2023/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Schools & Youth /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Pope Francis’ recent comment to a transgender person that “God loves us as we are” is a grand sign of welcome to LGBTQ+ people, particularly to transgender and nonbinary people. Read More

Queer Theory and Theology Can Help Widen Church’s Understandings of God and Creation

July 26, 2023/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Theology & Church Teaching /by Angela Howard-McParland

Catholic theologians are recognizing how queer theory and queer theology can provide understandings of both God and humanity beyond dualistic ideas about gender. Read More

We Must “Attentively Listen” to God’s Revelation through Transgender People, Writes Priest

July 25, 2023/2 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Sarah Cassidy

“Who gets to tell one's story? Who should get to tell one's story?” Those are the questions asked by theologian Fr. Dan Horan, OFM in an essay urging U.S. bishops and other church leaders to listen to the experiences of transgender and nonbinary people. Read More

Trans Church Worker Says of LGBTQ+ Catholics: “We’re Here. We’re Not Going Anywhere”

July 24, 2023/0 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Ariell Watson Simon

“We’re here, we’re not going anywhere.” This is the message Michael Sennett and his fellow LGBTQ+ parishioners sent with the annual Mass of Belonging held at St. Ignatius of Loyola Church, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Read More

Prayers of Lament and Hope for LGBTQ+ People

July 23, 2023/7 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Guest Contributor

Lamenting is part of our path to God, and in practicing lament, we express the fullness of our human emotions: distress and hope, longing and love, fear and joy. Read More

In Italy, Gay Priests Come Out via Letter Decrying Homophobia in the Church; And More News

July 22, 2023/0 Comments/in LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

When Bondings 2.0 first began in 2011, the hope was to find enough content to post once a day. Twelve years later, we consistently find ourselves with too much Catholic LGBTQ+ content! We have stuck to one post per day as a rule, but that at times means some news gets lost and never make it onto the blog. Today's post is a form of our "News Notes" series that features two of these older stories, which are still relevant and worth reading. Read More

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