"Building a Bridge has re-energized the debate about the LGBTQ faithful. [Martin] provides a roadmap for repairing and strengthening the bonds that unite all of God's children." - Human Rights Council "Father Martin wants to build bridges between the Catholic Church and the LGBT community. He is doing so from a biblical and faithful line of approach. His book is a valuable instrument both for pastors who are engaged with the LGBT community and their family and friends." - Bishop Johan Bonny of Antwerp "Martin's gentle, gracious, and attractive book neither breaches nor defends any magisterial norms of Catholic social ethics. In fact, this is a book not about sexual ethics, but about ecclesiology and pastoral theology. The church is a pilgrim church, and its embrace should be inclusive.

" - Lisa Sowle Cahill, Theological Studies "No stranger to breaking the mold himself, James Martin's call for Catholics to be more accepting and more compassionate toward the LGBTQ community has been met with both cheers and jeers and he lays it all out in his book, Building a Bridge." - Amanpour on PBS "Father James Martin is among the most vocal advocates in church leadership for compassionate dialogue between LGBT Catholics and the church. He published Building a Bridge to spark conversation between the two sides." - US Catholic "Father Martin describes the 'culture of encounter' Pope Francis frequently espouses. With a heart sympathetic to the suffering that LGBT people of faith have experienced and a love for the Church, he shows how this encounter can be a fruitful and liberating journey for those on both sides." - John Stowe, Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky "Building a Bridge, by Father James Martin, describes the 'culture of encounter' that Pope Francis frequently espouses. In order to construct this bridge, those on each side of the divide must presume the goodness and worth of the other and be motivated by the common desire to meet each other on the way. With a heart sympathetic to the suffering that LGBT people of faith have experienced and a love for the Church, Father Martin describes how this encounter can be fruitful and liberating journey for those on both sides.

" - John Stowe, Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky "Martin has written a wonderful book that challenges the institutional church to be in dialogue with the LGBT community. This has challenged a lot of people, because you don't want to build a bridge if you already think you're right. But this is where we have to go next." - Wilton Gregory, Archbishop of Atlanta "James Martin had to know, even before he typed a single word of Building a Bridge, that no matter what he wrote, he was walking into a minefield of criticism. Which makes his courage -- and his compassion -- all the more powerful." - Chicago Tribune "Earned him the gratitude of parents of gay children or adults who feel unwelcome at church because of their sexual orientation." - New York Times "An admirable call for a courteous conversation that needs to grow. Martin's book is also a helpful spiritual resource.

The biblical texts and Martin's questions for reflection will help LGBT Catholics as well as their families and friends explore their relationship with God in the face of their struggles and in light of their dignity, grounded in God's love." - The Tablet "[Building a Bridge] seems like an answer to prayer . well worth reading." - Bishop Patrick Dunn, Auckland, New Zealand.