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“Fiducia Supplicans” Is “Cheap Consolation Prize” for LGBTQ+ Catholics, Argues Theologian

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Fiducia Supplicans, the Vatican’s 2023 declaration that permits blessing people in same-gender relationships, cautions priests to “avoid any form of confusion or scandal” that would leave ambiguity between “spontaneous” and “liturgical” blessings. Read More

Affirming—And Anointing—Chosen Names

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It’s spiritually necessary to affirm the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ Catholics through renaming services—an example of which was recently offered by Baltimore Catholics. Read More

Blessing Queer Couples Can Remind the World of What Relationships Are Truly About

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Perhaps queer couples seeking these blessings are called to prophetically remind everyone of what all meaningful human relationships are about. Read More

Is the Latin Mass a Safe Haven for Queer Catholics?

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If the liturgy is indeed, in the Vatican II's words, the source and summit of our faith, then getting it right is paramount. Read More

Will German Catholics’ Blessing of Same-Gender Couples Lead to a Church Schism?

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Will Germany's Synodal Way, especially its rethinking of church teachings about sexuality and the question of blessing same-gender couples, lead to a schism? Some conservative observers have sounded alarms. As a day of blessing such relationships kicks off in that country and Switzerland, Bondings 2.0 provides the latest updates and takes a look at that question. Read More

Bishop Says 700+ People in Diocese Left the Church After Vatican Blessings Ban

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A bishop has reported that more than 700 people left his diocese in the wake of the Vatican ban on blessing same-gender couples. Read More

Announcing Virtual Catholic LGBTQ Pride Coming This June!

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For the second year, New Ways Ministry will again be hosting Catholic LGBTQ Pride with an interactive prayer service on Zoom. Read More

Bishop Open to Blessings for LGBTQ Couples Elected President of Austrian Bishops’ Conference

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An archbishop who directed moral theologians to study the possibility of blessings for same-gender unions was elected president of the Austrian Bishops’ Conference. Read More

German Bishop Reaffirms His Request for Church Blessings and Civil Partnerships for Same-Gender Couples

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A German bishop has reiterated his support blessing same-gender couples and the need for civil recognition of such relationships, too, saying the hierarchy must reconsider its teachings on homosexuality in light of contemporary science. Read More

Composer David Haas Releases Song for Pride Month About Being “Wonderfully Made”

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Catholic liturgical composer David Haas released a new song for Pride month based on Psalm 139, which reads "I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Read More