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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.
Signs Of the Times
In order to come to terms with the sale of 272 slaves to two Louisiana businessmen in 1838, Georgetown University and the Jesuits of Maryland should offer a formal apology and enact a series of reforms. They include renaming buildings, offering financial aid to the descendants of those slaves and co
FaithDispatches
Trump praised the saint’s “amazing life of charity and holiness” and Clinton recalled her work with the founder of the Missionaries of Charity.
Dispatches
These questions could affect the lives of many Americans more than which New York millionaire moves into the White House.
Dispatches
An apology is only a first step, new report says.
Dispatches
Catholics have an obligation to press for just employment laws.
Dispatches
Steve Bannon accused the Catholic Church of supporting immigration reform only to boost its own membership.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Like his campaign itself, Donald Trump’s beliefs cannot be pinned down to any particular ideology.
Dispatches
Some Catholic habits are proving stickier than others for millennials.
Politics & Society
“I am a person of faith. I am a Christian. I am a Methodist.” Unpacking these assertions sheds light on a rarely talked about dimension of Hillary Clinton.
Dispatches
“We still have a huge educational challenge before us so that the American [Catholic] bishops are more aware of the document."