Hidden mercy : AIDS, Catholics, and the untold stories of compassion in the face of fear / Michael J. O'Loughlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Loughlin, Michael J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church work with the sick--Catholic Church.

Church work with the sick.

AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Religious life.

AIDS (Disease).

Catholic Church--History--20th century.

Catholic Church.

History.

AIDS (Disease)--Patients.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 281 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : Broadleaf Books, [2021]

Summary:

The height of the AIDS crisis in the United States in the 1980s and 1990s left many profound stories that remained untold. In Hidden Mercy, gay Catholic journalist Michael O'Loughlin uncovers the stories of Catholics who at great personal cost chose compassion. A compelling picture of those who responded to human suffering with mercy, offering insights for LGBTQ and other people of faith struggling to find a home in religious communities today.

Contents:

Author's Note

1. Time Was of the Essence

2. "Through Their Own Fault"

3. Hospital Sisters

4. "It Has to Be a Gay Person"

5. Catholic to the Bones

6. "An Intrinsic Moral Evil"

7. Saint Vincent's

8. Letter of the Law

9. "Stop the Church"

10. "You Couldn't Say It Was Wrong"

11. Born This Way

12. Priests with AIDS

13. Friends of Dorothy

14. A Tangible Love

15. Redeemed in San Francisco

16. A Church Filled with Gospel Love

17. "Just Who the Hell Are These Two Nuns?"

18. AIDS Crucifixion

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1506467709

9781506467702

OCLC:

1237694483

Publisher Number:

99988887278