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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Pope Francis arrives in the Paul VI hall on the occasion of the weekly general audience, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024.

Pope Francis grants blessings to same-sex couples, embracing a pastoral approach to controversial issues

Rose O'Keeffe, Asst. News Editor January 21, 2024

Catholic clergy can now bless same-sex couples after Pope Francis’ Dec. 18 reversal of a 2021 Vatican policy that banned the practice. The Catholic Church still contends that marriage is exclusively...

Millennials can change the political scene in 2018 midterm elections

Millennials can change the political scene in 2018 midterm elections

Evan Sully October 22, 2018

Millennial voters will have a chance to make their voices heard next month after posting the lowest turnout in nearly four decades during the 2014 midterms. A slate of newer Senate candidates, from...

Kentucky clerk Kim Davis sparks national debate

Kentucky clerk Kim Davis sparks national debate

Fabio De Simone September 13, 2015

In early August, Kim Davis, a clerk in Kentucky for Rowan County, began denying marriage licenses to all couples in an effort to protest the recent and historic ruling of Obergefell v. Hodges mandating...

Religious liberty questioned after same-sex marriage ruling

Religious liberty questioned after same-sex marriage ruling

Danielle Harris, Former news editor July 6, 2015

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage on June 26, prompting celebrations nationwide and temporarily hijacking practically everyone’s Facebook Newsfeed.  While most...

Two Irish men kiss in celebration of the referendum results approving of gay marriage in their country Saturday, May 23. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, FILE)

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...

Suzanne Bryant (left) and Sarah Goodfriend hold up their marriage license after a press conference Feb. 19. They became the first same-sex couple to marry in Texas on Thursday morning. (Mariana Munoz | AP)

Conservative Texas and the fight for gay marriage

Donyae Lewis March 1, 2015

In the fight for gay marriage, Texas District Judge David Wahlberg made a monumental decision to issue a same-sex marriage license to Sarah Goodfriend, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and Suzanne...

Gay marriage supporters rally in front of the probate court of Mobile, Alabama. (Sharon Steinmann | AP)

A state of confusion: Alabama gay marriage controversy

Megan Deppen February 22, 2015

Federal law always trumps state law, except by minute technicalities. With state courts taking the lead on same-sex marriage rights, some states resist these changes even when they come from the federal...

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