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Pride Month Reflections from LGBTQ+ Catholics, Part 4

Clergy and former clergy reflect on what Pride means to them.  Read More

Call for Submissions: LGBTQ+ Catholics, Share Your Pride and Hope

We want to hear from you! Read More

Preaching on Pride Can Be Fraught for LGBTQ+ People. But It Does Not Have to Be.

A homily about pride can be a fraught experience for LGBTQ+ people given how often pride is framed as a sin and wielded against the community. But more positive examinations of pride can be fruitful, as one queer Catholic wrote about in "U.S. Catholic." Read More

In San Diego, Bishop Apologizes to LGBTQ+ Community During Pride Mass

In a hopeful sign for LGBTQ+ ministry, six parishes in the Diocese of San Diego celebrated an “All Are Welcome” Mass this summer. At the liturgy, a local bishop apologized to the LGBTQ+ community on behalf of the church and encouraged greater love and inclusion. Read More

Women Religious Host Pride Prayer Service; And More Pride Month Updates

Catholics' celebrations of and commentaries about Pride Month continue to increase each year, making it difficult for Bondings 2.0 staff to keep up. Today's post features some final updates about this year's Pride Month. Read More

New Essay Highlights Voices of Queer Catholic Women Celebrating Pride

LGBTQ+ Catholics are “the church’s future saints,” says Angela, a woman interviewed in a National Catholic Reporter article that featured the voices of queer Catholic women. Angela says of the LGBTQ+ faithful, “Every voice around them in the church and outside of the church tells them that they don't really belong ….[T]o be able to ignore that and stay focused on Christ is saintly, I think." Read More

Beyond the Binary: Queer Visibility in Pride Month—And All Year

When LGBTQ people are asked to hide our true selves, the whole community suffers. We shouldn’t have to hide our lamp under the bushel basket to make others more comfortable—after all, hiding the light also means hiding our unique gifts and talents. Read More

Pride Parades Are a Christian Act—And Needed as Much Today as in 1969

Detailing his recent experience at Pride in Queens, New York, writer Jim McDermott enjoyed the LGBTQ+ marching bands, community groups, and performers—and was struck by the connection between Pride and Catholicism. Read More

With Fearless Love, We Are the Body of Christ: A Gay Priest Reflects

On this Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, during the month when we celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month, I would like to reflect on the truth of our Faith: that we are the Body of Christ Read More

How Catholics Celebrate Pride: Rainbow Treats, An LGBTQ+ Examen, and Much, Much More

Today's post features short updates from Catholic parishes, schools, communities of women religious, social justice groups, youth ministries, and more about how they celebrated Pride this year. Read More