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Associated Press
But the court is not deciding the big issue in the case, whether a business can refuse to serve gay and lesbian people.
Bishop Robert P. Deeley of Portland, Maine, pictured in a 2012 photo (CNS photo/G regory L. Tracy, The Pilot). 
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Michael J. O’Loughlin
“Our continuing participation could result in me advocating for two different, and even contradictory, positions,” Bishop Deeley wrote.
Chilean clerical sex abuse survivors Juan Carlos Cruz and James Hamilton attend a news conference at the Foreign Press Association building in Rome May 2. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Michael J. O’Loughlin
“I saw someone who was caring for someone, not worrying about if we are gay, straight, brown, white.”
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Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
The Vatican declined to confirm or deny the remarks in keeping with its policy not to comment on the pope's private conversations.
Archbishop Matteo Zuppi (Photo/Community of Sant'Egidio website)
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Matteo Zuppi
Archbishop Matteo Zuppi of Bologna calls Father James Martin’s book ‘Building a Bridge’ ‘useful for encouraging dialogue, as well as reciprocal knowledge and understanding.’
FaithNews
At issue is a long-standing practice of CSS not to perform evaluations of the homes of same-sex couples wishing to care for foster children.