This year, the theme for the march was “accompanying and praying for the migrant community,” to advocate for immigration reform.

Gregory will become one of 13 new Cardinals, making him the first African American to hold the high-ranking post.

Photo by Kevin H. During the roughly 45 minutes of debate before today’s historic same sex marriage vote by the D.C. Council, Phil Mendelson (D-At large) noted that the city had not yet been able to find “mutually agreeable language” to come to an agreement with the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington over the issue. Since the bill was first introduced, the archdiocese has repeatedly threatened that its local social services operations through its Catholic…

Image from ChurchOuting.org If the Archdiocese of Washington thought it was under pressure as a consequence of its strong stance during the D.C. same-sex marriage debate, it may have something else coming. Over the weekend local gay rights activist Phill Attey launched ChurchOuting.org, a website devoted less to religious field trips as the name might imply and more to collecting information on closeted gay Catholic priests who have spoken out against same-sex marriage –…

Photo by Kevin H. With a D.C. Council vote on same-sex marriage just over a week away, a compromise proposed to assuage concerns expressed by the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington remains uncertain. Last week, D.C. Council members David Catania (I-At Large) and Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) sent a letter to Washington Archbishop Donald Wuerl proposing that the church follow the lead of Georgetown University in offering benefits to spouses or “legally domiciled adults.” The…

Photo by Fredo Alvarez As expected, Bishop Harry Jackson filed his petition with the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics today to request a ballot initiative on legalizing same-sex marriage in the District. It’s a move designed to preempt legislative action from the D.C. Council on the issue later this year (At-large councilmember David Catania has promised to introduce such a bill this fall), with Jackson betting on a redux of California’s Prop 8….