5+ hour, 27+ min ago   (218+ words) Today’s reflection is from Bondings 2.0 contributor Ariell Watson Simon, whose brief bio and previous posts can be found here. Today’s liturgical readings for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time can be found here. LGBTQ+ Catholics and allies know the sting…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (378+ words) The publication in May of the Synod on Synodality’s Study Group 9 report, which in part looked at the experience of queer Catholics, created not so only a conversation about exclusion and prejudice in the church, but rather, a conversation about…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (191+ words) A recent issue of a highly respected German academic journal focuses on queer biblical interpretation, aiming to demonstrate “the enriching nature of reading biblical texts with queer sensitivity,” acccording to the publisher. “Queer studies are an innovative and booming field…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (725+ words) Father Lunardon is a priest of the Diocese of Vicenza, and professor of Bioethics and Relationships at the Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose, Vicenza, Italy. He received his doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. Bondings 2.0’s Elisa Belotti interviewed…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (455+ words) A Pennsylvania hospital is being sued for cancelling a gender-affirming surgery, claiming citing its Catholic principles as the grounds for the decision. EJ Stiles, a nonbinary person, is suing Penn State University after their mastectomy surgery was cancelled less than…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (648+ words) A Catholic school in Oakland, California has managed to find a way around the thorny issue of raising a Pride flag in a way that affirms LGBTQ+ people while avoiding objections to a rainbow motif. Bishop O’Dowd Catholic High School…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (287+ words) The archbishop of Tokyo recently welcomed the decision of Japan’s government to promote the public understanding of the LGBT people, as well as other sexual minorities. Cardinal Isao Kikuchi told UCA News that new plan for how government agencies approach…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (380+ words) In both Providence, Rhode Island, and Chiponia, Spain, dioceses are opening their doors to LGBTQ+ Catholics, in the spirit of Pope Francis’s Todos, Todos, Todos (Everyone, Everyone, Everyone). Together, these groups are working to ensure that the Church grows more…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (178+ words) The rainbow flag displayed outside St. Sebastian Church, Mannheim, Germany A 58-year old man in Mannheim, Germany was arrested for sawing off a 30-foot flagpole containing a Pride flag outside a Catholic Church, reported Katholisch.de. Although no one was…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (311+ words) Bishop Raúl Vera López preaches at the opening Mass of the Red Católica Arcoíris México conference. A retired bishop in Mexico addressed a national conference of LGBTQ+ Catholics there, telling the participants “without you the Church is not complete.” [Editor’s…...