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Catholic bishops narrowly reject a wider welcome to gays, divorced Catholics

By Josephine McKenna — October 18, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Saturday's vote was an abrupt about-face from Monday's mid-term report from the Synod, which spoke of "welcoming homosexual persons" and acknowledging the gifts they have to offer the wider church.

Photo slideshow: ‘Nun sense’ vs. ‘nonsense’

By Sally Morrow — June 20, 2012

More than 200 Catholics from Kansas City, Mo., wore white and held signs to honor American nuns on Tuesday, June 19. Many attendees said they were there to support and thank the sisters, who are under a Vatican crackdown. The event was organized by local residents and the nationwide organization Call to Action, a liberal lay Catholic movement. Photos by Sally Morrow/RNS.

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