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ROUNDTABLE: Has Church Made a “Decisive Shift” on LGBTQ Issues? — Part II

February 2, 2022/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Healthcare, Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Religious Liberty, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Bondings 2.0 asked ten leading voices in the LGBTQ Catholic world to respond to Christopher Lamb’s suggestion that the Catholic Church has made a decisive shift on LGBTQ issues. Today's post is Part II of their responses. Read More

New Report Seeks Methodological Change in How Catholic LGBTQ Theology Is Done

July 6, 2021/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The Global Network of Rainbow Catholics (GNRC) has released a new document on the need for methodological changes in how theology about LGBTQ issues is done. Read More

Pope Francis Meets with LGBT Pilgrims as Sixth Anniversary of His Election Approaches

March 12, 2019/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

In an historic moment for the Catholic Church, members of a pilgrimage for LGBT+ Catholics and their families met with Pope Francis last week and participated in an Ash Wednesday service he led. Read More

Lay Catholics, But Not Bishops, Welcomed the UK’s Conversion Therapy Ban

December 14, 2018/4 Comments/in Politics & Human Rights /by Lindsay Hueston

This past summer, the United Kingdom has became the latest nation to ban "conversion therapy" for gay and lesbian people. Other nations and all churches should follow suit. Read More