“I hope to share ‘best practices’ from parishes that have successfully reached out to the L.G.B.T. Catholic community,” Father Martin told America.
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Michael J. O’Loughlin is national correspondent at America and author of Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear.
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Catholic leaders confront polarization but skirt polarizing issues at Georgetown forum
A conference on “Overcoming Polarization Through Catholic Social Thought” focused on achieving civil discourse in the church and in U.S. society.
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Baltimore Catholics can now have that outdoor wedding they’ve dreamed of
Baltimore is not the first Catholic diocese in the United States to allow weddings outside of churches, but it is still very rare.
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Maine diocese withdraws from Council of Churches
“Our continuing participation could result in me advocating for two different, and even contradictory, positions,” Bishop Deeley wrote.
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Puerto Rico death toll could be 70 times higher than originally reported, study says
A new study from The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that the actual number of people who died in Puerto Rico as a result of Hurricane Maria is close to 5,000.
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Juan Carlos Cruz: Pope Francis’ words about gay Catholics are a model of welcome
“I saw someone who was caring for someone, not worrying about if we are gay, straight, brown, white.”
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Cautious hope from victims and advocates following resignation of Chile’s bishops
Bishops in Chile announced mass resignations on Friday, May 18, after an emergency summit meeting with Pope Francis.
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Betsy DeVos and Cardinal Dolan are at odds over details of school funding
Advocates of programs to support non-public schools say that they are implemented at the state level within existing agencies and question the claim by Ms. DeVos that a federal law would lead to more bureaucracy.
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Is Catholic identity hurting enrollment at Catholic colleges?
All colleges face budget challenges, but Catholic schools must also contend with marketing to an increasingly secular applicant pool.
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In dramatic shift, Speaker Ryan to keep Jesuit House chaplain in place
Patrick Conroy, S.J., the chaplain for the U.S. House of Representatives has sent a letter to Mr. Ryan withdrawing his resignation