Introducing PLAGUE: Untold Stories of AIDS and the Catholic Church

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America Media

News, News Commentary, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This week the Jesuitical team are bringing you a new podcast from America Media. In “Plague,” America’s Michael O'Loughlin investigates stories of AIDS and the Catholic Church. The release of the first episode coincides with World AIDS Day. In this first episode, Mike tells the story of David Pais, whose journey exemplifies the experience of many gay Catholics who were personally affected by the AIDS epidemic in the early days. He describes the role his faith played helping him cope with his own diagnosis—and his struggle as he walked away from the church in anger. You can learn more about "Plague" at americamag.org/plague. You can find Mike on Twitter @mikeoloughlin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, it's Ashley. This is not a regular episode of Jesuitical you are about to hear the first
0:16.0	episode of plague untold stories of AIDS and the Catholic Church this is a brand
0:21.2	new podcast from america media hosted by our friend and colleague Mike O'Lachlan.
0:26.0	He's been doing a deep dive into the little known history of the Catholic Church's involvement in the AIDS crisis.
0:33.6	It's a really compelling and moving podcast
0:36.0	and I hope you enjoy the show.
0:37.9	And when you're done listening,
0:39.2	subscribe on Apple Podcast or wherever you get your favorite podcast and check out America magazine.org
0:45.2	slash plague. My journey with AIDS, the AIDS epidemic began on July 4th, 1981.
1:05.0	Very good friend of mine who lived across the hall from me
1:09.0	in a small apartment building in Greenwich Village, cut out a piece of an article that was in the
1:18.3	New York Times and stuck it underneath my door and on a post it he wrote, this is what Paul died from. I read the article and three weeks later my friend who was living across the hall was one
1:38.2	of the first six people diagnosed in New York City that I knew of.
1:45.0	Rare Cancer is seen in 41 homosexuals.
1:48.0	That was the title of the article that David Pace's neighbor shared with him.
1:52.0	The article wasn't even a front page story. David Pace's neighbor shared with him.
1:52.8	The article wasn't even a front page story.
1:55.2	It was a short piece buried deep on page 20.
1:58.2	But it became kind of infamous in the gay community because it was the first news of what
2:02.2	would eventually become a
2:03.4	medical crisis, one that intensified as it grew worse over the following years
2:07.8	with no end in sight. Here's how ABC News put it at the time.
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