Women's Ordination Conference Archives

“I Wish the Vatican Would See My Inalienable Dignity,” Says Trans Catholic; More Reactions

April 13, 2024/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Dignitas Infinita, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post features more reactions to Dignitas Infinita, the Vatican declaration on human dignity released last Monday that sharply condemned "Gender Theory" and "Sex Change." Read More

Catholic Reform Advocates’ Response to Synod Is Largely Negative

November 17, 2023/2 Comments/in New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Catholic reformers have responded largely negatively to the synthesis report from last month's General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality. The report failed to mention LGBTQ+ people directly, though a closer reading reveals sections that, if applied to gender and sexuality issues, could be helpful. Read More

Whoopi Goldberg Thanks Pope on Behalf of Gay Friends; More Synod News

October 24, 2023/1 Comment/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Synod on Synodality, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

During the Synod assembly this month, much of the focus is on what is happening in the hall where participants meet or what is said during the daily press briefings. There have been, however, a number of external happenings in Rome, too. Today’s post covers some of the LGBTQ-related events. Read More

LGBTQ+ Advocates and Church Reformers React Positively to Synod’s Latest Document

June 23, 2023/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

LGBTQ+ advocates' reactions to the Vatican's latest working document for the Synod on Synodality have been largely positive and hopeful. Today's post includes some of those reactions, as well as insightful remarks from one LGBTQ-positive cardinal. Read More

New “Catholic Women Strike” Initiative Includes LGBTQ Equality in Demands for Church

March 10, 2020/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A new initiative launched by the Women's Ordination Conference and partner groups is calling on Catholics to engage in a month of "coordinated, global, prophetic demonstrations" for women's equality in the church, a call that includes LGBTQ equality, too. Read More

Outside Synod, Feminist Catholics Call for Solidarity Between LGBT Communities and Catholic Women

October 6, 2018/1 Comment/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Like openly LGBT people, Catholic women exist almost exclusively at the Synod on Youth's margins. That rejection is why solidarity between these communities will be key to winning equality, said feminist panelists at an event in Rome earlier this week. Read More