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If you think I exaggerate, consider that barely a year into his papacy - in a grim harbinger of things to come - Pope John Paul II censured the influential theologian Fr. I had the privilege of journeying with Jeannine and Frank through what I now wryly think of as "the burning times." "Burning" because had the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - formerly known as the Holy Office of the Inquisition - still employed the disciplinary tactics of yore, all three of us would be toast. Francis praised Gramick as "a valiant woman" and said the history of New Ways Ministry "has not been an easy one." Jeannine Gramick and New Ways executive director Frank DeBernardo. I will admit to pinching myself over Pope Francis' recent correspondence with New Ways Ministry co-founder Loretto Sr. In his memoir Rainbow Memoir, he writes that his inspiration came in part from wanting to find an alternative to the pink triangle, which had been used by the Nazis in World War II to denote homosexuality and thus had a negative connotation. You’ve seen the rainbow flag (one of many LGBTQ+ pride flags) flying high at Pride parades and outside people’s houses, but how did the rainbow come to be associated with this community? What does the rainbow symbolize? Keep reading to find out.Īrtist Gilbert Baker, who was a gay man and drag queen, is the creator of the original rainbow pride flag, which he designed in 1978 specifically to be a flag for the wide-ranging gay community. With Pride Month almost here, we wanted to explore one of the most iconic symbols of the LGBTQ+ community: the rainbow. |
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