Georgetown University announced Monday that it has appointed Dr. Fauci the Distinguished University Professor in the School of Medicine’s department of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases.
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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The controversial history of the U.S. bishops’ Catholic health care guidelines
With rapid advances in medicine and sweeping changes in the U.S. health care landscape, some are suggesting that the U.S. bishops’ Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services needs a complete overhaul.
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Transgender treatment at Catholic hospitals: U.S. bishops vote to begin process that could formally ban it
While most Catholic hospitals already refrain from offering transgender surgeries and hormonal interventions, the vote means that the bishops will move to formalize such bans.
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Catholic Pride month events face increasing backlash
In recent months, corporations and nonprofit organizations supporting L.G.B.T. Pride events have faced increased scrutiny from some conservative activists. Catholic celebrations aren’t immune.
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Drag queen ‘nuns’ will be included in LA Dodgers Pride Night. I have complicated feelings about it.
Last week, the Dodgers announced that they would honor what you might call “drag nuns” during their Pride Night on June 16, a common promotional event at many Major League ballparks during the month of June.
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The Mysterious Catholic Faith of Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis was raised Catholic, but he and and his wife, Casey, rarely discuss the particularities of their religious beliefs in public.
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Catholic charity leaders alarmed by Republican efforts to tie debt ceiling debate to work requirements
Debt ceiling negotiations are rankling some Catholic leaders.
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Survey: Mass attendance drops after Covid, but U.S. Catholics are hopeful for their church
The share of Catholics going to Mass even a few times each year has fallen off significantly compared with the number before the Covid pandemic, but U.S. Catholics overall are largely optimistic about their church and its leaders, a new survey finds.
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Catholic outdoor weddings? What Baltimore learned from changing a long-standing rule
Weddings historically had served as an opportunity to “evangelize and re-engage” young couples, but that chance was being lost when brides and grooms bypass the church altogether when planning their ceremony.
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Rhode Island, ‘the most Catholic state,’ gets a new bishop
While the Diocese of Providence flies relatively under the radar, it gained national attention in recent years in part because of the outspokenness of its outgoing bishop, Thomas Tobin.