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The Best Catholic LGBT News of 2015
4. St. Mary’s Academy in Portland, Oregon, becomes the first known Catholic institution to adopt a non-discrimination policy based on marital status for lesbian and gay employees.
5. Jesuit-run Fordham University issues a congratulatory statement to one of its theology department professors after he marries another man.
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8. New Vermont bishop makes positive statement welcoming transgender people as he is installed in his diocese.
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10. TIE (3-way) i) New Ways Ministry’s LGBT and Ally pilgrims gets VIP seating at papal audience at the Vatican. ii) Ireland’s two most important archbishops strike positive notes on LGBT people even during the contentious marriage referendum there. iii) At the Vatican, Pope Francis welcomes Bishop Jacques Gaillot, a French bishop who had been removed from office, in part because he blesses lesbian and gay couples.
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