Michael J. O’Loughlin

A couple months ago I wrote about immigration and the presidential contest at the website BustedHalo com where I touched on the DREAM Act The US Conference of Catholic Bishops went on record in favor of the DREAM Act with Los Angeles rsquo s Archbishop Jose Gomez writing The United States is a g

This morning rsquo s New York Times explores the developing feud among family members operating the Trinity Broadcasting Network an nbsp Evangelical television powerhouse that also operates the Holy Land Experience theme park in Orlando Florida According to the article the granddaughter of the

I was hesitant to post this interview because the grenade throwers who tend to comment on this blog will have plenty of nbsp ammunition but Dan Savage rsquo s sincerity in his essay about the death of his mother and his relationship with the Catholic Church is worth sharing For those who don rsqu

The church finds itself mired in controversy lately and Catholic colleges and universities are seemingly not exempt from the mess Inside Higher Ed takes a look at a few Catholic schools where questions of Catholic identity access to health care and other emotive issues are causing discord Who c

Was Jesus a small-government free-market conservative or a welfare-state advocating liberal There seems to be a debate about what if anything the New Testament offers in terms of government policy From NPR What would Jesus do with the U S economy That s a matter of fierce debate among Chris

Last weekend I had the privilege on spending time with nearly 100 college students who dedicate time throughout their busy academic years to ESTEEM a program aimed at empowering young adult Catholics to grow in their faith and to begin a lifetime of adult lay service to the Church at a variety of l

When Washington state s Governor Christine Gregoire signed signed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in that state opponents promised to wage a fierce campaign to prevent the law from going into effect through a ballot referendum The Archdiocese of Seattle has pledged to help gather signatures t

Good news from Connecticut where the state legislature has voted to repeal the death penalty in that state Gov Dannel Malloy a Democrat is expected to sign the repeal next week While Connecticut is the fifth state in as many years to repeal the use of capital punishment opponents of the death

I often imagine my twenties as a sort of a snow-globe the world violently shakes us around with some of us quickly sticking somewhere and beginning our adult lives Others float around for a bit not quite sure where to fall Some inevitably land close to where we started while others are thrown

A question I didn t realize was being asked is the subject of a new book by scholar Bart Ehrman In Did Jesus Exist Ehrman lays out the case that an historical Jesus of Nazareth did exist even with a lack of historical documents or artifacts corroborating this Ehrman offered an interview to NPR