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    Jesuits in US bolster outreach initiative aimed at encouraging LGBTQ+ Catholics

    by David Crary Feb 06, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: America Media

    Even as Catholic dogma continues to repudiate same-sex marriage and gender transition, one of the most prominent religious orders in the United States — the Jesuits — is strengthening a unique outreach program for LGBTQ+ Catholics.

    The initiative — fittingly called Outreach — was founded two years ago by the Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit who is one of the country's most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church.

    Outreach, a ministry of the Jesuit magazine America, sponsored conferences in New York City in 2022 and 2023, and

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