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Catholic bishops issue long-awaited report on the family
Catholic bishops who met in Rome this month to discuss the family on Oct. 24, 2015, issued their long-awaited report. (Photo by Jean-Pol Grandmont; courtesy Wikimedia Commons)The Catholic bishops who...
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Berry dismisses claims foreign aid tied to marriage
Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI People Randy Berry this week criticized claims that foreign aid to African countries depends upon the extension of marriage rights to same-sex couples....
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Durbin criticizes Dominican cardinal in letter to Pope Francis
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Dec. 15, 2015, sent a letter to Pope Francis in which he criticized a Dominican cardinal for using anti-gay slurs to describe gay U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic...
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Married gay man protests firing from Md. Catholic church
Jeffrey Higgins, second from right, joins a group of his supporters outside Mother Seton Roman Catholic Church in Germantown, Md., on Jan. 10, 2016. The Archdiocese of Washington upheld Higgins’...
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Pope Francis discusses gay priests comments in new book
Pope Francis in a new book written by Italian journalist Andrea Tornielli explains his 2013 comments on gay priests. (Photo by Jeon Han; courtesy Wikimedia Commons)Pope Francis in a new book discusses...
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Gay Va. man ‘kicked in the stomach’ by Catholic diocese
John Murphy, right, and his husband, Jerry Carter, at their Richmond, Va., home on Feb. 27, 2016. (Washington Blade photo by Michael K. Lavers)RICHMOND, Va. — John Murphy was on a conference call in...
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LGBT contingent cheered in St. Patrick’s Parade
An LGBT contingent in last Sunday’s St. Patrick’s Parade was cheered by the crowd. (Photo courtesy of Dignity Washington) Crowds that lined Constitution Avenue, N.W., on Sunday, March 13, to watch...
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Hundreds mourn Orlando shooting victims in Dupont Circle vigil
Hundreds attend a candlelight vigil at Dupont Circle on Monday, June 13 for the victims of the Orlando mass shooting. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) More than 600 people turned out in Dupont...
View ArticleHundreds of US Catholic leaders endorse LGBTQ protections
More than 250 Catholic leaders in the U.S. have endorsed efforts to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination. A statement that New Ways Ministry, a Maryland-based group that ministers to LGBTQ...
View ArticleFmr. Vatican ambassador: Ukraine’s Zelensky promotes LGBTQ ideology
ROME – Italian Catholic-Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the Vatican’s former papal nuncio to the United States, in an over 10,000 word essay published Monday, accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
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