Bonus: Lessons from Plague for LGBT Catholics today
You listened to "Plague" but want to hear more? In this bonus episode, host Michael O'loughlin has a conversation with Michael Vazquez, religion and f...
Plague: Untold Stories of AIDS and the Catholic Church
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In "Plague" journalist Michael O'Loughlin investigates stories of the AIDS epidemic and the Catholic Church. Mike is America’s national correspondent and he’s covered Catholicism for more than a decade. Mike is also gay and Catholic—and he’s curious how others manage this sometimes complex identity. No time in modern history has been more volatile for gay Catholics than the height of the AIDS epidemic. So he spent the last few years interviewing people who were right in the middle of it. People who fought, worked and grieved through it.
AIDS, the Catholic Church and LGBT issues today
In the series finale of ‘Plague,’ Mike looks at what’s happening in the church in HIV and AIDS care today and then reflects on comments and questions ...
Series Finale Update
Do you have feedback on 'Plague,' or a story to share on AIDS and the Catholic Church? Did hearing the stories in this podcast make you think of your ...
A Catholic Sister learns to serve people with AIDS
In the fifth episode of "Plague," Mike visits the small Midwestern city of Belleville, Illinois, where a Catholic Sister broke ground in the 1980s by ...
A gay Catholic Church in the Castro
In the fourth episode of “Plague,” Mike visits a Catholic Church in the Castro–San Francisco’s LGBT neighborhood–that transformed itself during the 80...
The cost of AIDS ministry to a gay priest
Early in the AIDS epidemic, there was little in the way of medical treatment available. But spiritual guidance and accompaniment was in high demand. P...
The Catholic hospital that pioneered AIDS care
In the second episode of “Plague,” Mike asks: how did a Catholic hospital become a safe haven for the gay community? It turns out, the path wasn’t st...
Surviving the AIDS crisis as a gay Catholic
In this episode of "Plague," Michael O'Loughlin tells the story of David Pais, whose journey exemplifies the experience of many gay Catholics who were...
PLAGUE: Coming Dec. 1
In "Plague" journalist Michael O'Loughlin investigates stories of the AIDS epidemic and the Catholic Church. Mike is America’s national correspondent ...