Michael J. O’Loughlin

Bill Keller the outgoing editor of the New York Times pens a column in the NYT magazine this week seeking answers to questions about the religious beliefs of GOP presidential candidates and how those beliefs might impact their governance He snidely suggests that if a candidate claimed belief in

There is a letter circulating the web from the Family Research Council to their members and prospective donors that is being condemned by many for its hateful rhetoric indirectly targeted at children and young adults The letter posted in its entirety below uses the It Gets Better Campaign and

Texas Governor Rick Perry has surged in polls since he announced his candidacy for the GOP nomination and he has come under increased scrutiny especially with his shoot-from-the-hip verbal style Shortly before he announced Perry s Evangelicalism was widely examined when he hosted a massive pr

I was reading Esquire on the flight home to visit friends and family last week when I came across this bit of insight from the actress Helen Mirren The hardest period in life is one s twenties It s a shame because you re your most gorgeous and you re physically in peak condition But it s actually

Maryland s Governor Martin O Malley and Baltimore s Archbishop Edwin O Brien were publicly at odds over O Malley s support of same-sex marriage earlier this summer and The Washington Post reports on private letters between the two that are now public ldquo I have concluded that discriminating aga

Texas governor and increasingly likely Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry helped to create and promote a stadium-sized praise and worship service held this weekend in Texas called The Response nbsp Watch the promotional video which stylistically bears a striking resemblance to a scary

The number of women attending church services is dropping according to a study from The Barna Group Among the findings No population group among the sixty segments examined has gone through more spiritual changes in the past two decades than women Of the 14 religious factors studied women ha

The Chicago-based Catholic reform group Call to Action was profiled by the Chicago News Cooperative highlighting their efforts for a discussion on women s ordination and gay rights From the article with an oddly confrontational headline The group Call to Action an organization for reform-mind

Over at The Huffington Post I ve written an essay about an experience in an anatomy lab a few weeks ago and how seeing so much death gave me pause to think about life This was by far my most vivid experience with death and the fragile human body Never before had I been so close to a dead body un

Stephen Colbert host of the always funny Colbert Report on Comedy Central and one who never shies away from expressing his deep Catholic faith see some clips here contributed to the It Gets Better campaign Colbert who rarely speaks out of character gets serious for a few minutes in this video