“Queer theology insists that LGBTQ Catholics are not merely recipients of pastoral care but participants in theological discernment." Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/1.3.26-rainbow-flag.jpeg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=16671000Lynnzee Dickhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngLynnzee Dick2026-08-15 01:00:542026-08-14 14:25:02Queer Theology Can Bring About A Synodal Church
Church leadership are acknowledging what many theologians and ordinary Catholics alike have recognized for decades: doing theology in a vacuum, clinging to abstractions and hypothetical circumstances at the expense of actual lives, histories, cultures, and experiences, is not really theology at all. Or at least it’s not good theology. Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/peopleofgod.jpeg?fit=600%2C325&ssl=1325600Francis DeBernardo, Editorhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngFrancis DeBernardo, Editor2026-05-19 01:00:582026-05-18 14:51:07What Theology Looks Like When You Actually Engage Reality
The report recommends that the church “get real” by learning from people impacted by a particular church teaching, and by being willing to learn from experts outside of the church,
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https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/peopleofgod.jpeg?fit=600%2C325&ssl=1325600Francis DeBernardo, Editorhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngFrancis DeBernardo, Editor2026-05-06 01:00:262026-05-14 16:47:42Synod Study Group Report on LGBTQ+ Issues Is Released; New Ways Ministry Responds
The document is the interim report of the Synod's study group charged with exploring “theological criteria and synodal methodologies for shared discernment on controversial doctrinal, pastoral, and ethical concerns,” including the pastoral treatment of LGBTQ+ Catholics. Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cq5dam.web_.1280.1280.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1800800Jeromiah Taylorhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngJeromiah Taylor2025-11-18 01:00:492025-11-17 19:32:33Interim Report of Vatican Synod Study Group Holds Promise for a New LGBTQ+ Discourse
