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The Synod Document Failed LGBTQ+ People. It Also Includes the Tools for Our Inclusion.

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The Synod on Synodality's Final Document, released in late October, failed LGBTQ+ people. Yet, a closer reading reveals it includes "the very tools we need to build a welcoming church that is a home for all," according to New Ways Ministry's Robert Shine. Read More

The Synod Final Document Could Help LGBTQ+ Catholics—IF It Takes Hold

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But I would like to caution against an entirely negative response to the work of the Synod on Synodality by highlighting the seeds for future growth and change in our church that, with the Holy Spirit’s guidance and our own continued work for justice, could lead to the wider acceptance of LGBTQ+ Catholics. Read More

LGBTQ+ Advocates, Church Reform Groups Offer Mixed Reviews on Synod Document

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With the Synod on Synodality, today's post is a round up of how Catholic LGBTQ+ advocates and other reform-minded faithful have responded. Read More

Excerpts from the Synod’s Final Document That Offer Hope for LGBTQ+ Inclusion

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The Final Document did not mention LGBTQ+ people by name, or otherwise include much about issues of gender and sexuality. However, there are several sections which can helpfully inform Catholic LGBTQ+ ministry, including emphases on caring for marginalized people, helping form and respecting consciences, promoting social justice, and creating a welcome church. Read More

New Ways Ministry: Synod Report Ignores LGBTQ+ Issues, Offers Grounds for Future Change

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For a second time, the Synod’s General Assembly failed to include LGBTQ+ issues in its Final Document, despite the Catholic faithful persistently naming it a top priority. Read More

Stay Tuned! Synod Assembly to Vote on and Release Final Report Today

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The Synod on Synodality, begun three years ago this month, concludes today with the General Assembly is expected to vote on and release its final report. Read More

LGBTQ+ Issues Feature Prominently at Vatican Briefing; More Synod Updates

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For the first time this month, LGBTQ+ issues were prominent at a Vatican press briefing. Though the speakers faced repeated questions from journalists, however, their responses were minimal but, in one instance, quite surprising. Today's post features this news and other items as the Synod's assembly concludes this week. Read More

Cardinal’s Absence from Dialogue Meeting Frustrates Synod Delegates

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And that, perhaps, is what is shaping up to be the Synod assembly's biggest hurdle in its final week and the hurdle for synodality going forward. Read More

A Convergence on Polygamy and LGBTQ+ Ministry?; More Synod Updates

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Today's post is a sampling of insights, commentaries, and stories about the Synod on Synodality that Bondings 2.0 has not yet published. Read More

Change Seems Imperceptible, But Holy Spirit Working at Synod, Writes Dominican Scholar

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How can we reconcile the two imperatives of Francis’ papacy: to be outward-looking to bring the Gospel to the ends of the world, to all cultures, and to be open to all human beings, whatever their condition and whoever they are? Read More