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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.
In a video, His Holiness Pope Francis speaks at TED2017, April 25, 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Photo: Ryan Lash / TED
FaithNews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
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.
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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.
Pope Francis kisses the foot of a refugee during Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper at the Center for Asylum Seekers in Castelnuovo di Porto, about 15 miles north of Rome in March 2016. The pope washed and kissed the feet of refugees, including Muslims, Hindus and Copts. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, handout)
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Michael J. O’Loughlin
It is the third Holy Thursday that Francis has spent at a detention center, part of his longstanding emphasis on ministering to prisoners.
Duquesne University
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Michael J. O’Loughlin
Only theology professors were found ineligible to join the union.
Master of the Bigallo Crucifix. Crucifix, 1230/1240. The Art Institute of Chicago, A. A. Munger Collection.
Arts & CultureArt
Michael J. O’Loughlin
War and religion are the subjects of a new permanent exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Wilton Gregory in 2012 (CNS photo/ Michael Alexander, Georgia Bulletin)
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Michael J. O’Loughlin
“It is the ugly face of clericalism that unfortunately still has too much influence in our church,” Archbishop Gregory said.
Hillary Clinton speaks at last October's Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Clinton may have narrowly won the Catholic vote, but there were huge differences between Hispanics and non-Hispanics.
 Cardinal Blase Cupich announces the creation of a new anti-violence initiative in Chicago on April 4. 
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
In a letter to Chicago’s young people, Pope Francis says to follow the example of Martin Luther King Jr.
President Trump's reversal on climate change has been criticized in Rome.
Politics & SocietyNews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
One of the pope’s senior advisers urged Mr. Trump to listen to “dissenting” voices when it comes to the environment.
Able Putu, a homeless man in a wheelchair, eats a meal on a Washington street March 8 prepared by volunteers of the St. Maria's meals program run by Catholic Charities. Catholic Charities agencies across the United States could face huge budget holes in other areas should Congress approve the president’s proposed budget. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth)
FaithNews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Catholic Charities agencies across the United States could face huge budget holes should Congress approve the president’s proposed budget.