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Feeling guilty?

April 16, 2018

“If you stay silent the entire Mass, we’ll get ice cream afterwards,” Dad said. He was serious, and I knew it. My siblings and I would often bicker during Mass, laugh during the hymns and taunt each other with, “I’m not touching you,”; all the while the priest was attempting to reinforce the...

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Rainbow dreams in the emerald isle: Ireland’s affirmative gay marriage vote may signify larger shifts in Catholic values

Erin Yarnall

May 31, 2015

With young voters mobilizing, and one of the largest voter turnouts Ireland has ever encountered, rainbow flags were seen flying over the Emerald Isle in celebration of the Republic of Ireland becoming the first country to legalize same-sex marriage in a popular vote. Read More »...

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