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Rachel Lu teaches philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she lives with her husband and three boys. Dr. Lu earned her Ph.D. in philosophy at Cornell University. She is one of the contributors to Living the Truth in Love: Pastoral Approaches to Same-Sex Attraction, recently published by Ignatius Press.
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“Spiritual Friendship” and Ministering to the Same-Sex Attracted

October 15, 2015 Rachel Lu 0

With the Synod of Bishops meeting in Rome, the Church’s teaching on homosexuality is again a source of contentious debate. In essentials, this doctrine cannot change, but does the Church need to alter her tone […]

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