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Synod Day Two's Question: Who Is Inside and Who Is Outside the Church?

October 7, 2015/4 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Pope Francis /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

This post is the second in Bondings 2.0’s reports from the Synod on Marriage and... Read More

Pope Francis on Synod: 'God is not afraid of new things'

October 22, 2014/5 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Reactions to the Synod on Marriage and Family’s final report has dominated the religion headlines... Read More

And Yet . . .

October 19, 2014/15 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

I was a teenager when the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which would... Read More

Synod Final Report Disappoints, But Significant Progress Is Made In the Process

October 18, 2014/19 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The synod on marriage and family has released its final report. You can read it... Read More

Did the Synod Really Backtrack on Its Positive Statements? Not Quite.

October 15, 2014/5 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Following the positive reception that the Synod’s relatio document, its mid-term report, received in the... Read More

SYNOD: Malta Bishop's Talk Was Influenced By Parents of LGBT People

October 10, 2014/8 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

ROME, Italy–The news from the Vatican’s synod on marriage and the family yesterday contained an... Read More

SYNOD: Same-Gender Couples Mentioned in Synod Talk, But Not In a Very Positive Way

October 7, 2014/6 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The issues of same-gender relationships made its debut at the Synod on Marriage and the... Read More

SYNOD: Bishop Geoffrey Robinson: Sexual Ethics Should Be Based on Jesus' Teaching

October 5, 2014/4 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Here in Rome, where church officials are preparing for the opening of the extraordinary synod... Read More

SYNOD: Great Expectations Loom for Upcoming Marriage and Family Meeting

September 22, 2014/2 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Over the next few weeks, Bondings 2.0 will be preparing a number of posts related to the... Read More

How LGBT-Friendly Are the Appointees to the Synod on Marriage and Family?

September 11, 2014/3 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The Extraordinary Synod on Marriage and the Family is less than one month away. The... Read More