As a lifelong homosexual and an ex-Catholic turned agnostic-atheist, I feel compelled to write that recent statements on the subject of homosexuality made by Pope Francis (Sept. 20) leave me unimpressed. The pope’s insistence on compassion rather than condemnation in the matter is rooted in his conviction that gays are “wounded souls.” But what makes […]
William LaRochelle
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W. LaRochelle: What’s all the fuss about?
I can’t believe the fuss being made over the photo of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev that appears on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine’s Aug. 1 edition. In the AP report published in the Sun Journal on July 18, the image is described as being reprehensibly “glamorous”; Boston Mayor Tom Menino considers it […]
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