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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.
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“Well, she read in the newspaper that you pick up after yourself and you cook your own food and wash your own clothes,” Archbishop Tobin recalled telling him. “She’s had it up to here with the sort of monarchic church!”The future pope laughed, and the remarks apparently
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Catholic Charities USA came in at number five, raising about $2 billion in 2015.
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A new website called Catholic Women Preach will publish videos of women breaking open Scripture.
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The statement was signed by more than 70 women active in various Catholic ministries.
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The candidates tried their best to inject some humor into the final stretch of a particularly rancorous campaign.
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The archbishop discusses his experience with Catholic sisters, thoughts on communion for divorced and remarried Catholics and more.
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Tobin warns against "atmosphere of fear" in Notre Dame speech, says people of faith must fight unjust policies.
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“She did a big number on Catholics, a horrible number on Catholics...through her people,” Mr. Trump said.
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Some Catholics have turned their sights to other issues—euthanasia, death penalty—that are part of the church’s pro-life agenda.
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President's power to pick next Supreme Court justices keep some Catholics on board the Trump campaign.