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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 All Things
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Some breaking news from the Vatican today via Reuters The Vatican has hired an American journalist from the Fox News Network and member of the conservative Catholic group Opus Dei to help improve its relations with the media a senior Church source said on Saturday Greg Burke Fox s Rome-based
In All Things
Michael J. O’Loughlin
A Pew survey examining doubt and belief in God has been making the rounds the past few days with headlines claiming that the generation dubbed ldquo millenials rdquo is fleeing from belief in record numbers Take this example from Talking Point Memo The younger generation is abandoning God in dr
In All Things
Michael J. O’Loughlin
I occasionally hear some complain that they wish Christianity were tougher meaner and more masculine That rsquo s always struck nbsp me as odd but some Christians are acting on that desire From USA Today Finally someone is making a movie that answers an important question Can you love your
In All Things
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Young undocumented immigrants received some much welcomed news from the White House today where President Obama announced changes to federal immigration policy that would grant them work permits and lessen the fear of deportation From the New York Times His policy directive which Latinos and ot
In All Things
Michael J. O’Loughlin
The Vatican is set to control a new internet extension catholic Catholic News Service reports The Vatican is in line to control the new Internet address extension catholic and decide who is allowed to use it The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers a nonprofit corporation tha
In All Things
Michael J. O’Loughlin
I hope my Jesuit friends here at America forgive me but I want to spill some digital ink talking about a group of Benedictines The monks at my alma mater Saint Anselm College a Benedictine institution in New Hampshire are gathering this week to elect a new abbot a process I knew little about b
In All Things
Michael J. O’Loughlin
On Friday I went to a lecture at the Catholic University of America sponsored by the Catholic Common Ground Initiative CCGI that explored the themes of Vatican II focusing on reconciliation and Gaudium et Spes CCGI a friend who serves on the board told me was established to bring together thos
In All Things
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Will President Barack Obama s former pastor Rev Jeremiah Wright and his fiery sermons make an appearance in the 2012 elections just as they had for a bit in 2008 Last week the New York Times reported that a billionaire Republican businessman had approved a plan that would drag Wright back into
In All Things
Michael J. O’Loughlin
America rsquo s Kevin Clarke broke some news about a possible rift among US bishops and their handling of the religious liberty question The Washington Post rsquo s EJ Dionne picked up on the issue It turns out that many bishops notably the church leadership in California saw the litigation as p
In All Things
Michael J. O’Loughlin
The New York Times opinion section offers a long op-ed on the perhaps non-existent Catholic vote in which the author notes that Catholics are split evenly right now between the two candidates running for president and some thoughts on how the campaigns might gain Catholic votes From the column