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Pope Francis Hosts Transgender Women for Vatican Luncheon

Pope Francis welcomed a group of transgender women, with whom he has formed an ongoing relationship, to a luncheon at the Vatican last week marking the church's World Day of the Poor. Read More

What Gifts Could Church Gain By Welcoming Transgender Catholics, Asks Writer

In the National Catholic Reporter, transgender Catholic Maxwell Kuzma has written about what positive impact the Vatican's greater welcome to gender-expansive people could have. Read More

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

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

Pope Francis Receives Sr. Jeannine Gramick at Vatican

In a moment once unimaginable, Sister Jeannine Gramick, SL, met with Pope Francis today at the Vatican. Read More

Gender and Sexuality Affect Every Person. The Synod Must Address This Reality.

Gender and sexuality must be taken up by the church universal in a more enlightened, substantive, dialogical way. The Synod assembly risks failure if it avoids full examinations of such core questions. Read More

“All Agreed Homophobia Must Be Rejected,” Says Synod Official

This week, participants were included at the Vatican’s press briefings, and gender and sexuality issues have arisen several times at these events. Read More

As the Synod Begins, The Walls Come Tumbling Down

If anyone worried that LGBTQ+ issues were going to get short shrift in synod discussions, that does not seem to be the case. Read More

A Foundation for Future Hope

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

“Are Not Your Ways Unfair?”

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!

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