Love vs. Privilege

This opinion piece was first published on Outsfl.com

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My dear friend, Sister Jeannine Gramick, co-founder of New Ways Ministry, a group focused on Catholics who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, just recently had a private audience with Pope Francis. She was in Rome for a Synod where the church is getting input from a variety of sources on such issues as the ordination of women, a married priesthood, and blessing gay unions. I wrote to Jeannine that it was a privilege for her to meet the pope, and to feel his support, but it was also a privilege for the pope to spend time with Sr. Jeannine.

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