Mychal Judge Archives - New Ways Ministry

LGBTQ+ Publications Honored by Catholic Media Association

July 1, 2023/0 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, New Ways Ministry /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Several LGBTQ-related books and articles won awards at the annual Catholic Media Association (CMA) meeting earlier this month. Today's post features information about those awardees. Read More

Let’s Make Father Mychal Judge a Saint

September 11, 2021/5 Comments/in LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, New Ways Ministry /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The time has come for the Catholic Church to officially recognize Fr. Mychal Judge as a saint. Read More

For All the Saints (Part Two)

November 2, 2019/4 Comments/in Personal Stories /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

A few days ago, Bondings 2.0 asked its readers: “If you could canonize any LGBTQ person or ally, living or dead, Catholic or not, fictional or real, who would it be, and why?” Here are more responses. Read More

What’s Troubling About a Male Escort’s Revelations About Italian Priests

March 14, 2018/8 Comments/in Hierarchy /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Last week, a news story reported that the Archbishop of Naples, Italy, was sending the Vatican a 1,200-page dossier that had been assembled by a male escort. It purportedly identified 36 priests and 4 seminarians from throughout Italy as “actively gay” and who had communicated with the escort. This story was troublesome in several ways, but not because of alleged sexual improprieties. Read More