Welcome to our changing Church. This incident during a Sunday morning Mass in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C., was likely a forerunner of other such incidents in days to come.

So I told them, no, you are part of the church. You are welcome. And so we began having liturgies, which is a Catholic prayer service, Catholic Eucharist, in people's homes.

On a Sunday morning earlier this month, people of all ages gathered at First and Summerfield Church, where a sign at the entrance reads “You are welcome here.” The church’s promise to welcome is ...