Pulse Shooting Sparked Conversations About Catholic LGBTQ Inclusion

The tragedy in Orlando made Catholic leaders think about the treatment and inclusion of the LGBTQ community.

As we reach the fifth anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting, a new ally has emerged for the LGBTQ community.  "For too long, Catholics have treated the LGBTQ community as other. But for the Christian, there is no other, there is no them. There's only an us."  Following the shooting at a gay nightclub where 49 people died and 53 were wounded in Orlando, Florida; Father James Martin wrote a book about bridging the divide between Catholics and the LGBTQ community. Pulse was one of the largest mass shootings in U.S. history. …  devastating a large portion of the LGBTQ community.