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A Foundation for Future Hope

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The most important part of the responses released Monday for the future place of LGBTQ+ people in the Catholic Church doesn’t mention LGBTQ+ issues at all. Read More

New Ways Ministry: Blessings Guidance ‘Significantly Advances’ Pope’s LGBTQ+ Affirmation

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Though the Vatican’s latest statement about same-gender couples does not provide a full-fledged, ringing endorsement of blessing their unions, the document significantly advances Pope Francis’ work to include and affirm LGBTQ+ people. Read More

“Are Not Your Ways Unfair?”

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Though not phrased in these words, the question in Ezekiel has been an undercurrent in the sharings from people ostracized by the institutional church: "Are not your ways unfair?" Read More

Bondings 2.0 Heads to Rome for the Synod!

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A week from today, Bondings 2.0 editor Francis DeBernardo and I will begin reporting live from Rome on the  Synod on Synodality' first global assembly. Throughout this multi-year process, LGBTQ+ issues have been a recurring priority for the people of God. Read More

Synod Member Objects to Kenyan Court’s Pro-LGBTQ+ Ruling

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An archbishop who will be a member of the Vatican's upcoming Synod assembly has decried a Kenyan court's ruling that an LGBTQ+ group may gain legal recognition.  Read More

Cameroonian Priest: African Synod Delegates Likely to Resist Pro-LGBTQ+ Ideas

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A Cameroonian priest has suggested that African delegates to the Synod on Synodality assembly next month may be quite resistant to any efforts at being more inclusive of LGBTQ+ people. Read More

Latin and Caribbean Catholic Groups Ask Pope to Include LGBTQ+ People in Synod

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Sixty groups forming Ibero-American Catholic LGBTQ+ network have written to Pope Francis asking for LGBTQ+ people to be directly involved in the Synod assembly next month, rather than merely objects of discussion. Read More

Join New Ways Ministry’s Webinar with Fr. James Martin on “The Synod and LGBTQ+ Issues”

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New Ways Ministry invites you to "The Synod and LGBTQ+ Issues: A Conversation with Fr. James Martin, S.J.," which will be held on Zoom on Thursday, September 14, 2023 from 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. Eastern U.S. Time. Read More

Queerness Must Be “Essential Component of the Synodal Journey,” Argues Gay Theologian

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A gay theologian has argued that queerness and queer theology must be "an essential component of the synodal journey" ahead of the Synod on Synodality's first global assembly this October. Read More

A Synodal Church Must Abandon Colonizing Ideas of Gender and Sexuality, Writes Gay Catholic

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So many of the conversations about and hopes for the Synod on Synodality's global assembly in Rome this October have focused on what will be gained as the Catholic Church becomes more of a synodal institution. But one gay Catholic points out that if the church wants to move towards Pope Francis’ synodal vision, it will have to also let go of some longheld ideas. Read More