The Tablet Archives - New Ways Ministry

ROUNDTABLE: Has Church Made a “Decisive Shift” on LGBTQ Issues? — Part I

February 1, 2022/5 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Healthcare, Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Religious Liberty, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Bondings 2.0 asked ten leading voices in the LGBTQ Catholic world to respond to Christopher Lamb’s suggestion that the Catholic Church has made a decisive shift on LGBTQ issues. Today's post is Part I of their responses. Read More

Yes, Transphobia is a Sin: A Response to Clifford Longley

December 2, 2021/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching /by Barbara Anne Kozee

Clifford Longley argues for the inherent dignity of trans people, yet he does not unequivocally condemn transphobia as a sin. As LGBTQ people and allies, what do we do with Longley’s position? Read More

Bishop Says 700+ People in Diocese Left the Church After Vatican Blessings Ban

May 1, 2021/3 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A bishop has reported that more than 700 people left his diocese in the wake of the Vatican ban on blessing same-gender couples. Read More

Gay Pastors in Netherlands Vow to Ignore Vatican Ban on Same-Gender Blessings

April 15, 2021/0 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A collective of gay pastoral workers in the Netherlands has vowed to ignore the Vatican's ban on blessing same-gender couples, encouraging other church workers to do likewise. Read More

‘God made gay people. And God made gay people gay. That is all we need to know.’

January 16, 2018/3 Comments/in Politics & Human Rights, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

A flip-flop by a British politician about his stance on the morality of gay sex has given rise to a leading international Catholic journal publishing an eminent defense of sacredness of lesbian and gay relationships. Read More