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“We Deserve to Proclaim Our Truth to the World,” Writes Transgender Catholic

March 24, 2023/6 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Michael Sennett

At the end of the day, my transgender hands that inject testosterone into my body once a week are the very same hands that partake in the Eucharist, enveloped in God's love and created in Her image and likeness. Read More

Irish Reform Groups Call for Vatican to End Suspension of Fr. Tony Flannery

March 23, 2023/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy /by Sarah Cassidy

Two Catholic reform groups in Ireland are advocating for a well-known Redemptorist priest there to be restored to ministry after more than ten years of suspension. Read More

New USCCB Document Seeks to Stop Transgender Healthcare at Catholic Institutions

March 22, 2023/3 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The U.S. bishops conference' doctrinal committee has issued a guidance on transgender healthcare that seeks to stymie Catholic institutions from providing gender transition care. Read More

New Ways Ministry Criticizes New USCCB Guidance on Transgender Healthcare

March 21, 2023/5 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ new document on transgender healthcare states its intention as continuing Jesus’ healing ministry. Yet, in neglecting the experiences of trans people and in not attending to contemporary science, it harms people instead of healing them. Read More

Catholic Leaders in Kenya Offer Mixed Responses to Supreme Court’s LGBTQ+ Ruling

March 21, 2023/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights /by Andru Zodrow

Kenyan Catholic leaders have offered mixed reactions to a ruling by their nation's supreme court which upheld the right of LGBTQ+ people to form associations. Read More

Conservative Catholic Group Spent $4 Million Seeking to Forcibly Out Gay Priests

March 20, 2023/1 Comment/in LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A report from The Washington Post has revealed that a conservative Catholic group invested millions of dollars to potentially out gay priests based on their personal data. Read More

Sent Forth with New Eyes

March 19, 2023/2 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections, Uncategorized /by Guest Contributor

Today we especially remember the blind man from Siloam. But what does blindness truly mean in this story, especially for LGBTQ+ people and allies? Read More

Gay Survivor of Clergy Abuse Writes Pope Francis “Pulled Me Out of the Grave”

March 18, 2023/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Pope Francis /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The past week, Bondings 2.0 has marked the tenth anniversary of Pope Francis' election with evaluations of the pope's handling of LGBTQ+ issues, as well as relevant comments Francis made in interviews for the occasion. Today's post concludes that coverage with links to other pieces that may be of interest. Read More

Global Advocates Welcome German LGBTQ+ Reforms, While Vatican Reiterates Concern

March 17, 2023/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

LGBTQ+ advocates worldwide have welcomed the German church's recent decisions to bless same-gender couples and to advance transgender inclusion in the church. Meanwhile, a top Vatican official reiterated his concerns about the process. Read More

In Anniversary Interviews, Pope Francis Recalls “Three Things” He Said about LGBTQ+ Issues

March 16, 2023/5 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Gender Identity, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A number of interviews with Pope Francis were published this month as the church marked the tenth anniversary of his election, and in several the pope picked up on LGBTQ+ issues within the context of his papacy. Read More

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