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LGBTQ+ Publications Honored by Catholic Media Association

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Several LGBTQ-related books and articles won awards at the annual Catholic Media Association (CMA) meeting earlier this month. Today's post features information about those awardees. Read More

New Ways Ministry: Supreme Court’s Ruling Greatly Wounds People of Faith and Entire Nation

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The LGBTQ+ community, people of faith, and the entire country have been greatly wounded by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the 303 Creative case which dangerously allows religious beliefs to be weaponized for discrimination. Read More

Portland Archdiocese’s Gender Policy Seemingly Ignores Vatican II, Writes Theologian

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Before the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon announced it was closing its Catholic schools office, possibly in response to backlash against its new gender identity policy, one theologian tackled the problems with document and its limited imagination. Read More

Archdiocese’s Failed Communication Raises LGBTQ+ Questions about Catholic Schools Decision

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A U.S. archdiocese that unexpectedly shuttered its Catholic schools office has said the closure was not related to an ongoing controversy about a gender identity policy issued earlier this year, but a lack of communication has left local Catholics with serious questions about links between the two.  Read More

How Catholics Celebrate Pride: Chicago’s Cardinal Cupich Honors 35 Years of AGLO Ministry

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Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago celebrated Mass to honor the 35th anniversary of the Archdiocesan Gay and Lesbian Outreach ministry (AGLO).  Read More

How Catholics Celebrate Pride: Jesuit Pastor Defends Pride Mass Against Protests

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This month, it has seemed that so much of what we cover on Bondings 2.0 is negative news regarding Pride. For this final week of Pride Month, we are instead highlighting in a series of posts titled "How Catholics Celebrate Pride" all the good ways that the people of God are celebrating queerness and advocating for equality. Read More

Knowing Jeremiah’s Lament—and God’s Love—as an LGBTQ+ Catholic

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As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I know personally Jeremiah’s lament and his sadness. Read More

Finding God and Self by Bicycle During the Pandemic

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I remember thinking about how strange it was to be transforming in real time—day by day, chin hair by chin hair; my voice dropping, decibel by decibel—in private. Read More

LGBTQ+ Advocates and Church Reformers React Positively to Synod’s Latest Document

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LGBTQ+ advocates' reactions to the Vatican's latest working document for the Synod on Synodality have been largely positive and hopeful. Today's post includes some of those reactions, as well as insightful remarks from one LGBTQ-positive cardinal. Read More

U.S. Bishops Vote for Process that Could End Gender-Affirming Care at Catholic Hospitals

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The U.S. bishops voted unanimously at their spring assembly last week to begin revisions of their medical guidelines that could lead to gender-affirming care being offered at Catholic hospitals. Read More