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Jan 14, 2025 | 
outreach.faith | Michael J. O’Loughlin
Views Michael J. O’Loughlin / January 14, 2025Print this: “Everyone in the Church is invited, including people who are divorced, including people who are homosexual, including people who are transgender,” Pope Francis writes in his new book, Hope: The Autobiography.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
outreach.faith | Michael J. O’Loughlin
Views Michael J. O’Loughlin / January 6, 2025Print this: Cardinal Robert W. McElroy will become the next archbishop of Washington, D.C., the Vatican announced Monday morning. The cardinal is a passionate defender of migrants, speaks out often against polarization in the church and society and is a champion of Pope Francis’s vision for a synodal church.
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Dec 30, 2024 | 
outreach.faith | Michael J. O’Loughlin
News Michael J. O’Loughlin / December 30, 2024Print this: Looking back at the most-read articles published by Outreach in 2024 reveals that our community remains interested in what church leaders are saying and doing about issues important to LGBTQ Catholics and their families and that personal essays and reflections continue to edify and inspire.
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
outreach.faith | Michael J. O’Loughlin
Views Michael J. O’Loughlin / December 20, 2024Print this: A few years ago, on a trip to visit my parents in New Hampshire, my husband and I were searching for a Mass to attend on Christmas Eve.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
outreach.faith | Michael J. O’Loughlin
Views Michael J. O’Loughlin / November 29, 2024Print this: “I wanted to let you know that my Aunt Carol passed away this morning,” read the email I opened earlier this fall. My heart sank. Carol Baltosiewich’s story had been a part of my life since 2016, when she and I first spoke on the phone.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
americamagazine.org | Michael J. O’Loughlin
Loading... Click here if you don’t see subscription optionsSupporters arrive at an election night watch party for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Former president Donald J. Trump’s decisive Electoral College win was achieved in part by a strong show of support from white Catholic voters, a demographic that his campaign specifically targeted.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
americamagazine.org | Michael J. O’Loughlin
A Reflection for Monday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary TimeFind today’s readings here. “Take care to guard against all greed,for though one may be rich,one’s life does not consist of possessions.”I used to struggle pretty regularly with comparing myself to others, including in matters such as grades in school or achievements at work. When I admitted this to a Jesuit friend, he counseled me by offering a quippy saying: compare and despair. And it’s true.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
outreach.faith | Michael J. O’Loughlin
Views Michael J. O’Loughlin / October 11, 2024Print this: Ten years ago this month, I arrived in Rome to cover the Synod on the Family, my first time as a then-young reporter covering this international gathering of bishops.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
americamagazine.org | Michael J. O’Loughlin
Loading... Click here if you don’t see subscription optionsLGBTQ Catholics from around the world participated in a dialogue for delegates to the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 8, 2024, in Rome. From left to right, Christopher Vella, Janet Obeney-Williams, Juan Carlos Cruz, and James Martin, S.J., who moderated the panel.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
outreach.faith | Michael J. O’Loughlin
Views Michael J. O’Loughlin / October 8, 2024Print this: LGBTQ Catholics simply want to be welcome to participate in the life of the church, a globally diverse group of panelists told delegates to the Synod on Synodality and other church leaders at an event held on Tuesday in Rome.
