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Cardinal Dolan: Catholic Church Could Do Better on Gay Outreach

posted on April 1, 2013

At Religion News Service, USA Today‘s Cathy Lynn Grossman writes, “Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the top U.S. Catholic prelate, says the Roman Catholic Church has to make sure that its defense of traditional marriage is not reduced to an attack on gays and lesbians.” Dolan spoke on multiple talk shows this Easter Sunday commenting that the Church hasn’t “been to good” at welcoming gays and lesbians into its community. Executive director of the gay Catholic group New Ways Ministry, Francis Debernardo calls Dolan’s positive words towards gay and lesbian people “nothing short of an Easter miracle.” 

Read at Religion News Service