Lgbtqi Inclusivity, Homosexuality, and Same-Sex Marriage in the Catholic Church: Pope Francis's Synodal Theology, Sociology, and Moral Issues

Dr. Vivencio O. Ballano is Program Chairperson of the Master of Arts in Sociology, Graduate School Program, and Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), Manila. He received his Master's (Theology) and Doctorate (Sociology) from the Ateneo de Manila University. To date, he has published six peer-reviewed monographs with both Springer and Routledge, as well as several Scopus- and Web of Science-indexed journal articles and book chapters on the sociology of law, religion, media piracy, post-disaster management, clerical celibacy, clerical sexual abuse, digital education, and Catholic social teaching.

Dr. Vivencio O. Ballano 是菲律賓理工大學（Polytechnic University of the Philippines, PUP）社會學碩士學位課程的計畫主任及社會學系的副教授。他在馬尼拉的亞典耀大學（Ateneo de Manila University）獲得神學碩士學位和社會學博士學位。至今，他已經與Springer和Routledge出版了六本經過同行評審的專著，以及多篇在Scopus和Web of Science索引的期刊文章和書籍章節，內容涵蓋法律社會學、宗教、媒體盜版、災後管理、神職人員獨身、神職人員性虐待、數位教育和天主教社會教導等主題。