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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Last week President Obama declared ldquo I think same-sex couples should be able to get married rdquo His public support for gay marriage followed Joe Biden rsquo s remarks a few days prior in which the Catholic vice-president said that he had a change of heart over the years and felt compelle