Officially, we were told that it’s impossible to register our marriage. But I now have a husband, and I am a husband, and we’re extremely happy about this.” Read More
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In a move divergent from a history of intense LGBTQ-negative advocacy from Polish Catholic officials, Warsaw’s Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz has expressed openness to legal protections for same-gender couples in the country. Read More
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Pope Francis once again addressed the question of blessing LGBTQ+ couples during an interview, clarifying it is the individuals in a same-gender relationship, not the union, which is blessed. Today's post includes this news and more updates on the debate over "Fiducia Supplicans." Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/NorahODonnellPopeFrancis1-1.jpg?fit=1080%2C720&ssl=17201080Robert Shine, Managing Editorhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngRobert Shine, Managing Editor2024-05-28 01:00:402024-05-27 11:52:37Pope Francis Again Clarifies Blessings for Individuals, Not Unions; And More News
Bishops in North Africa have endorsed "Fiducia Supplicans," the Vatican declaration on blessings, breaking from a African bishops' wider statement rejecting the declaration in harsh terms. Today's post features this story and other development in the debate over blessings same-gender couples and others in "irregular" situations. Read More
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The conflict between German Catholics and the Vatican has reached a new low. The Vatican released a letter criticizing the German church, specifically about has and women's ordination, while one top bishop forcefully defended the German faithful's efforts. Read More
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For Catholic LGBTQ+ issues, there always seems to be news from German-speaking world, where pro-equality faithful have made tremendous inroads and controversies keep arising. Today's post highlights three news stories in recent months revealing that tension. Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nuncioDe.webp?fit=670%2C447&ssl=1447670Robert Shine, Managing Editorhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngRobert Shine, Managing Editor2023-08-14 01:00:552023-08-12 07:23:44Vatican’s Ambassador to Germany Criticized for Anti-LGBTQ+ Homily; And More News
Pope Francis announced a new round of cardinals to be created at a consistory this September, one the new head of the Vatican's doctrinal office who is open to blessing queer couples and the other a Polish archbishop who seems more LGBTQ-positive than his country's episcopate at large. Read More
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Today's post features news about the USCCB's National Advisory Council seeking gender guidance from the bishops, celebration of Dignity/New York's 50th anniversary, and more. Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/bishops-meeting.jpeg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1600900Robert Shine, Managing Editorhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngRobert Shine, Managing Editor2022-12-10 01:00:292022-12-15 15:47:40U.S. Bishops’ Advisory Council Seeks National Guidance on Gender Identity; And More News
A hate speech trial against two priests in Germany has ended after one of the priest's appeal failed and fines were issued in exchange for ending the case. Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/dariusz-oko-100_2400x1350.jpeg?fit=2400%2C1350&ssl=113502400Robert Shine, Managing Editorhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngRobert Shine, Managing Editor2022-05-21 01:00:102022-05-20 15:35:35Polish Priest Loses Appeal in Anti-Gay Hate Speech Trial, Ordered to Pay Fines
Poland's bishops have condemned one diocese's questioning of an abuse survivor's sexual orientation in legal filings. Elsewhere in the country, a court has acquitted fully the artists being tried for their depiction of Mary with a rainbow halo. Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/48685494_101.jpeg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=15761024Robert Shine, Managing Editorhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngRobert Shine, Managing Editor2022-01-15 01:00:242022-01-14 15:42:37Polish Diocese Apologizes for Inquiring about Abuse Survivor’s Sexual Orientation
