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Arts & CultureFilm
Eve Tushnet
“The Happy Prince” covers only the last few years of Oscar Wilde’s life. When it touches on religion, it is intensely interesting.
Arts & CultureFilm
Ciaran Freeman
“Boy Erased” is, at its core, a call to action. Only 14 states have passed laws protecting L.G.B.T. youth from the dangers of conversion therapy. 
Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury (photo: Fox)
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
Queen’s Freddie Mercury was pop’s most flamboyant performer—a closeted icon who rode a gay aesthetic to stardom.
FaithShort Take
Thomas G. Plante
Sexual orientation by itself is irrelevant to child sexual abuse. The risk factors include impulse control problems and substance abuse, and offenders take advantage of situations in which they are trusted.
 10.17.2018 Pope Francis greets Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago before a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 16. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“We take people where they are, walking with them, moving forward,” Cardinal Blase Cupich said.
synod hall
FaithFaith
James Martin, S.J.
First, can the synod use the term “L.G.B.T.” in its documents? Second, can the synod acknowledge that gay couples can form a “family”?