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  "path": "/2026/05/11/vatican-sending-new-signals-of-openness-but-limitations-in-outreach-to-lgbtq-catholics/",
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  "textContent": "VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic LGBTQ+ advocates cheered this week when a Vatican working group released a report featuring the testimony of two gay, married Catholics who spoke openly about their sexuality, faith and how the Catholic Church’s negative teaching on homosexuality had hurt them.",
  "title": "Vatican sending new signals of openness but limitations in outreach to LGBTQ+ Catholics"
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