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Reflecting on the Papal Audience with LGBT Catholics

February 27, 2015/5 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Now that New Ways Ministry pilgrims are back in the United States, and now that the... Read More

New Ways Ministry's LGBT Catholic Pilgrims Get VIP Seats at Papal Audience

February 19, 2015/19 Comments/in Hierarchy /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

In what is surely the most official welcome from Church officials that New Ways Ministry... Read More

Pope Francis' Homily to New Cardinals Echoes Themes Dear to LGBT People

February 16, 2015/14 Comments/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

While Pope Francis may not have spoken about LGBT themes in his Sunday homily to... Read More

New Cardinals Have Mixed Records on LGBT Issues

February 15, 2015/4 Comments/in Hierarchy /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The Vatican is busy this week, full of bishops gathered for a consistory and the creation of twenty new cardinals appointed by Pope Francis (along with a visit from New Ways Ministry's pilgrims). Today, Bondings 2.0 reviews what of all this might mean for LGBT issues in the church. Read More

Lessons to Be Learned from Pope's Meeting With Transgender Man

February 11, 2015/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The story of Pope Francis meeting with a transgender man and his fiancee at the... Read More

Pope's Influence Fails to Move Slovaks to Oppose Marriage & Adoption Equality

February 9, 2015/10 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Even with the endorsement of Pope Francis, a referendum to ban same-gender marriage and adoption... Read More

What to Make of Cardinal Marx's Ambivalence Toward Gay & Lesbian Couples?

February 8, 2015/8 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Readers of this blog may become tired over the next year of hearing about Munich’s... Read More

Giant Step for Transgender Welcome, But Not As Far for Gay & Lesbian People

February 4, 2015/9 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

In a wide-ranging interview with Vermont Public Radio, Bishop Christopher Coyne, installed as the tenth... Read More

Pope Francis Reportedly Meets with Transgender Man Rejected by Parish

January 28, 2015/8 Comments/in Gender Identity, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Pope Francis held a private meeting with a transgender man and his fiancee, according to Spanish newspaper reports. Read More

Will Pope Francis Meet With Sister Jeannine Gramick and LGBT Catholics?

January 26, 2015/13 Comments/in Hierarchy, Uncategorized /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Since becoming pope in March 2013, one of Pope Francis’ most endearing habits has been... Read More

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