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LGBTQ+ Issues Feature Prominently at Vatican Briefing; More Synod Updates

October 23, 2024/4 Comments/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

For the first time this month, LGBTQ+ issues were prominent at a Vatican press briefing. Though the speakers faced repeated questions from journalists, however, their responses were minimal but, in one instance, quite surprising. Today's post features this news and other items as the Synod's assembly concludes this week. Read More

Change Seems Imperceptible, But Holy Spirit Working at Synod, Writes Dominican Scholar

October 17, 2024/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

How can we reconcile the two imperatives of Francis’ papacy: to be outward-looking to bring the Gospel to the ends of the world, to all cultures, and to be open to all human beings, whatever their condition and whoever they are? Read More

Vatican Newspaper Publishes Gay-Positive Essay from Synod’s Spiritual Assistant

September 28, 2024/2 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Participants in the Synod on Synodality's General Assembly are on retreat today to prepare spiritually for their deliberations, which formally begin this Wednesday. Throughout the month-long assembly, two spiritual assistants will guide them, one of whom recently made some LGBTQ-positive remarks. Read More

Key Cardinal Robustly Condemns Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ People

October 27, 2022/3 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A high-ranking cardinal has spoken against discrimination, including that which targets queer people, and said the question of blessing LGBTQ+ couples has not been definitively decided. Read More

LGBTQ+ Issues Feature Prominently at Vatican Briefing; More Synod Updates

Change Seems Imperceptible, But Holy Spirit Working at Synod, Writes Dominican Scholar

Vatican Newspaper Publishes Gay-Positive Essay from Synod’s Spiritual Assistant

Key Cardinal Robustly Condemns Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ People

Vatican Marks David Bowie's Passing By Praising Him

Vatican Journalist Compares Marriage Equality to Communism

Vatican Continues to Respond to Marriage Equality Victories

Bishops and Vatican React to This Week’s Marriage Equality Electoral Victories

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