Archive for March 27, 2017

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By Mary Farrow

How the 'pirate nun' changed a gay man's life

Paul Darrow went to his first gay beach when he was 15.  Read more

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By Hannah Brockhaus

As abuse survivor leaves, Vatican group aims to listen better to victims

After a victim who suffered past clerical abuse resigned from the Vatican's anti-abuse commission, the group is aiming for more... Read more

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Arizona strengthens conscience protections for health care workers

Health care providers and institutions opposed to assisted suicide gained more legal protections under a new Arizona law that aims... Read more

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Abortion bill makes unlikely alliance of Bolivian clergy, feminists

A bill in Bolivia that would allow abortions only for certain groups of women is uniting unlikely groups in opposition... Read more

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In NYC, admissions error excludes Catholic school students

Amid charges that a selective public high school excluded Catholic school students from admission, the principal insists it was due... Read more

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This historic black Catholic grade school could get shut down

After 111 years of serving the community of Birmingham, Alabama, the city's only African American Catholic elementary school could close... Read more