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Synod Final Report Disappoints, But Significant Progress Is Made In the Process

The synod on marriage and family has released its final report.  You can read it... Read More

SYNOD: What Are the Laity Saying About the Synod? What Are You Saying?

This week, Bondings 2.0 highlighted a theologian’s and a bishop’s proposals for the upcoming Extraordinary Synod... Read More

SYNOD: Belgian Bishop's Hope: Restore Conscience to Its Rightful Place

Yesterday we saw a theologian’s hopes for the synod: that the bishops might be open... Read More

How LGBT-Friendly Are the Appointees to the Synod on Marriage and Family?

The Extraordinary Synod on Marriage and the Family is less than one month away.  The... Read More

2016 Hopeful Marco Rubio Addresses Catholics on Marriage

United States Senator Marco Rubio of Florida delivered a speech entitled “Strong Values for a... Read More

Will US Bishops Stop Obsessing About Marriage At Last?

The National Catholic Reporter published an editorial last week firmly criticizing the American bishops’ ongoing involvement in... Read More

Jesuit Priest in Chile Endorses Marriage Equality

A Jesuit priest in Chile has come out supporting marriage equality as that nation’s president... Read More

Italian Transgender Relationship Tests Church and State Definitions of Marriage

A transgender marriage case in Italy may be paving the way for that nation to... Read More

On Being a Lesbian, Married to a Man, and Catholic

Cristina Traina is a Catholic professor of religion at Northwestern University, just outside of Chicago.... Read More

Catholic School Rejects Lesbian Alumna's Wedding Announcement

Another Catholic school has rejected a lesbian alumna’s wedding announcement, this time in upstate New... Read More