Michael J. O’Loughlin

The Chronicle of Philanthropy issued a new report today highlighting the giving patterns of each state in the US What have been dubbed ldquo red states rdquo tend to give at higher levels than ldquo blue states rdquo with Utah Mississippi Alabama Tennessee and South Carolina taking the top

Is there a break in the USCCB rsquo s united front on fashioning a just budget With Mitt Romney rsquo s selection of Wisconsin rsquo s Rep Paul Ryan as his running mate how the government taxes its citizens and allocates its resources is receiving renewed scrutiny Paul Ryan is the author of wha

The Romney campaign has insinuated for months that President Obama is hostile toward religion but they appear to be finished with mincing words A new ad titled Be Not Afraid says that Obama has declared a ldquo war on religion rdquo and uses images and words of Pope John Paul II Watch the ad

nbsp Catholics in the US hold their parish priests and religious women in high esteem and don rsquo t feel too badly about the Pope andUS bishops either according to a newly released poll by the Pew Forum Embattled religious sisters can take heart that 83 of US Catholics are satisfied with th

ldquo No wireless I rsquo m calling the realtor rdquo Those were my first words when we entered the beach house we had rented last week How would I do all the work I had brought with me How would I read news watch videos and upload blog posts What about all the online sales Groupondeals

ldquo No wireless I rsquo m calling the realtor rdquo Those were my first words when we entered the beach house we had rented last week How would I do all the work I had brought with me How would I read news watch videos and upload blog posts What about all the online sales Groupondeals

Watching the Olympics this week If you tune into the men rsquo s 800-meter track final on Thursday pay attention to Kenya rsquo s David nbsp Rudisha the current world record holder and favorite to win gold Rudisha rsquo s coach happens to be a Catholic priest originally from Ireland who rsquo

An online publication called Faith amp Leadership published by Duke Divinity School recently approached me and asked me to consider a recent Pew study that found young Catholics to be leaving the church in large numbers and then reflect on why I remain I gave it some thought and I kept coming

A fellow In All Things blogger Fordham University Professor Tom Beaudoin is collecting data on the beliefs and practices of Catholics If you rsquo re interested in telling your story read on and take a survey From the researchers A new study is being conducted to better understand how and why

I rsquo ve never eaten at Chik-fil-A and I don rsquo t plan to go out of my way for fast-food fried chicken but many people seem quite nbsp enamored by their menu offerings and thus conflicted when deciding to boycott the company Why the boycott Chik-fil-A is a restaurant chain owned by Souther