The archbishop of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone, released a lengthy statement on Thursday, praising the late Senator Dianne Feinstein’s “civility.”
Michael J. O’Loughlin
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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Do most Catholics think the Eucharist is ‘just a symbol’? It’s complicated.
Maybe the crisis of disbelief in the Eucharist is not as dire as previously thought.
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The feast of St. Matthew tells us: no one is beyond God’s mercy
A Reflection for the Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and evangelist, by Michael J. O’Loughlin
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Catholic church where JFK married Jackie celebrates couple’s 70th wedding anniversary
A small Catholic parish recently invited parishioners, neighbors and tourists to relive the wedding of John F. Kennedy and Jaqueline Bouvier, on what would have been the couple’s 70th anniversary this month.
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Interview: Alana Chen died by suicide in 2019. A fellow LGBT Catholic gets to the bottom of her story in a new podcast.
“Dear, Alana” chronicles Ms. Chen’s involvement in her Boulder, Colo., Catholic community—and with therapy that seemed to use some ideas common in conversion therapy.
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Pope Francis’ tips for avoiding the devil
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time, by Michael J. O’Loughlin
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Meet the Black Catholic lay woman representing the U.S. at the synod
“I’m an African American woman in a space that is doing the kind of work that…Christ is calling us to do,” Cynthia Bailey Manns, who will participate in the Synod on Synodality as a voting member in October, said in an interview.
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Report: Catholic charitable giving (and the church) are moving to the Southwest
According to a new report from Fidelity Charitable, Catholic organizations, including dioceses as well as human services organizations with church ties, continue to rank among the top beneficiaries of support in many U.S. cities.
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Every American going to the Synod on Synodality: Full list and analysis
The slate of delegates is emblematic of the at-times competing ideological poles of the U.S. church—and the continued effort by Francis to reorient U.S. bishops toward his vision for the church.
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Catholic universities say the end of affirmative action threatens their values and religious liberty
Calling the 6-to-3 decision handed down Thursday “more than disappointing,” the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities said that the court “ignores the more-than-apparent effects of continued racism in our society.”