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LGBTQ+ Issues May Not Be on the Synod’s Agenda This October. I Still Have Hope.

March 27, 2024/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Brian Flanagan

What big decisions are going to come out of the Synod on Synodality's General Assembly at the Vatican in October, especially decisions related to LGBTQ+ Catholics? Recently, we got a pretty clear answer. Read More

Synod Delegates Tell LGBTQ+ People: ‘Let Us Hear Your Voice. Use Us to Amplify It.’

February 5, 2024/1 Comment/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

"Let us hear your voice. Let us hear your stories. Use us to make sure that it's amplified." This was the exhortation made by a delegate to the Synod on Synodality's General Assembly while speaking to LGBTQ+ Catholics and allies last week. Read More

Creating a Church Where the Marginalized Are Centered

November 5, 2023/2 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Angela Howard-McParland

Jesus’s condemnations for the Pharisees center on their emphasis of appearances over adherence to God’s desires for justice, love, and mercy. Read More

Just What Does ‘Homophobia Must Be Rejected’ Actually Mean?

October 18, 2023/9 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

If this assembly’s final synthesis can only come up with an agreement that all homophobia must be rejected, it must have a good definition of what the assembly means by homophobia. Read More

How Do You Dialogue With a Bully?

October 11, 2023/1 Comment/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Synod on Synodality /by Ariell Watson Simon

Without restorative justice, “we're just asking the wounded to ignore their own wounds, and fostering the kind of neutrality that serves the oppressor.” Read More

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

September 6, 2023/0 Comments/in New Ways Ministry, Synod on Synodality /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

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

Global Network of Rainbow Catholics Launches Petition for LGBTQ+ Representation at Synod

July 29, 2023/2 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Synod on Synodality /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Catholic LGBTQ+ advocates worldwide have launched a petition asking the Vatican to include LGBTQ+ people and their families as participants in the upcoming assembly for the Synod on Synodality. Read More

How Are Synod Assembly Participants on LGBTQ+ Issues? — Part III

July 14, 2023/0 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Gender Identity, Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post concludes our series highlighting some of the more LGBTQ-positive participants in this October's assembly for the Synod on Synodality, as the process is informally known. Read More

How Are Synod Assembly Participants on LGBTQ+ Issues? — Part II

July 13, 2023/0 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Yesterday, Bondings 2.0 announced New Ways Ministry's new resource that details what participants in the upcoming Synod assembly in October have said or done when it comes to LGBTQ+ issues. Today, a second batch of participants has been added to that resource. Read More

How Are Synod Assembly Participants on LGBTQ+ Issues? — Part I

July 12, 2023/0 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

This week, New Ways Ministry is announcing a new resource that documents the LGBTQ-related records, good and bad, of Synod assembly participants to help understand how this conversation about inclusion and equality might proceed. Read More

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