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Michael J. O’Loughlin is national correspondent at America and author of Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear.
Politics & SocietyNews
In addition to a stop at the Vatican, the president’s first overseas trip will include stops in Saudi Arabia and Israel, home to holy sites of Islam and Judaism.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
An executive order on religious liberty gave the impression of a church wanting to be left alone, but there is another role for Catholics.
Politics & SocietyNews
One of Trump's orders instructs the Internal Revenue Service not to enforce a rule that bars churches from engaging in partisan politics.
Politics & SocietyNews
“Most of those people—my family, extended family—are not pro-choice. You think I’m kicking them out of the Democratic Party?”
FaithNews
Coach Jim Harbaugh presented a custom Wolverines helmet and a pair of Nike Air Jordan sneakers to Pope Francis.
FaithNews
Pope Francis asked all people to work toward a future that lifts up society’s most marginalized, including migrants, the sick, the unemployed and prisoners.
Politics & SocietyNews
A rally hosted by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont for a Nebraska Democrat prompted a flurry of questions about the party's pro-choice orthodoxy.
FaithNews
It is the third Holy Thursday that Francis has spent at a detention center, part of his longstanding emphasis on ministering to prisoners.
FaithNews
Only theology professors were found ineligible to join the union.
Arts & CultureArt
War and religion are the subjects of a new permanent exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago.