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Meredith Somers

Meredith Somers

Meredith Somers is a Metro reporter for The Washington Times. She can be reached at msomers@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Meredith Somers

In his address to synod participants, Pope Francis said the church has one year "to mature, with true spiritual discernment, the proposed ideas and to find concrete solutions to so many difficulties and innumerable challenges that families must confront." (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Blacklisted priest hopeful for changes to Catholic credo

A blacklisted priest is calling on Catholics to keep up the momentum for change generated by this month's Extraordinary Synod of Catholic Bishops, which divided church leaders on how welcoming the 2,000-year-old faith should be toward 21st century issues like gay marriage and divorce. Published October 21, 2014

Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy's first marriage to Joan Bennett, ended in divorce in 1982, with Time nmagazine reporting the marriage was annulled by the Vatican more than a decade later.

Annulments plummet among U.S. Catholics amid fewer marriages, divorces

More petitions for annulments are opened by Catholics in the U.S. than in any other country, but the number has dropped in the past two decades amid declining numbers of marriages, fewer divorces and perceptions of a stigma from the church, analysts say. Published October 15, 2014

Bishops and cardinals attended a two-week synod on family issues at the Vatican in October 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Vatican warns of unrealistic expectations after report on gays

Catholic leaders are warning people not to get caught up in unrealistic expectations after a report issued by the Vatican included language about "welcoming homosexuals" and being more understanding of non-traditional families within the church. Published October 14, 2014

Rabbi Gil Steinlauf leads a group of children in song Friday during a celebration of the first night of Hanukkah at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C., in 2010. The rabbi has now come out as gay. (Joseph Silverman/The Washington Times)

Rabbi at conservative D.C. synagogue comes out as gay

Senior Rabbi Gil Steinlauf informed members of Adas Israel Congregation that after years and with the help of his wife, Batya, he came to understand "that I could walk my path with the greatest strength, with the greatest peace in my heart, with the greatest healing and wholeness, when I finally acknowledged that I am a gay man." Published October 7, 2014

"We have to deal with the fact there are many versions today of what people call family," said Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington. (Khalid Naji-Allah/ Special to The Washington Times)

Catholic bishops synod to focus on family issues

Catholic leaders will begin discussing this weekend a host of family-related matters, including same-sex marriage, birth control and other pressing issues in an ever-changing world. Published October 2, 2014

The Vatican says it has put defrocked Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, its former ambassador to the Dominican Republic, under house arrest following allegations he sexually abused young boys in the Caribbean country. (AP Photo/Manuel Diaz, File)

Higher Ground: Peace of mind

A new survey on mental health and faith found that most Protestant pastors believe people with mental illness can develop their spirituality and go to heaven, despite the fact it is not explicitly addressed in the Bible. Published September 25, 2014