A journalist has written a new book on how LGBTQ Roman Catholics responded to the AIDS epidemic, as part of his ongoing historical research on the topic.
Michael O'Loughlin, 36, a national correspondent for America Media: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture, already hosted the eight-episode podcast "Plague: Untold Stories of AIDS and the Catholic Church," which America Media dropped in 2019.
Now some of that reporting is being repurposed for "Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear," which is being published by Broadleaf Books November 30.
O'Loughlin, who is gay, decided to research the topic several years ago, visiting San Francisco before the COVID-19 pandemic.