Michael J. O’Loughlin

A bit of controversy developing in DC after the National Portrait Gallery pulled a video from an exhibit exploring sexuality in part due to pressure from Bill Donohue s Catholic League The exhibit Hide Seek Difference and Desire in American Portraiture is one of the more controversial exhi

Like many I journeyed back to my hometown for the Thanksgiving holiday to spend time with family and friends Since moving to DC from New England these visits home also double as vacation offering respite from work and worry Sunday evening I had the opportunity to attend Mass at the parish wher

Have you seen the new ad from General Motors the storied auto company that recently went public again after a partial government take over during the height of the economic crisis It seems remarkable for this sort of company to produce an advertisment that is so direct and forthcoming Have a look

When I was in high school I was responsible to deliver the morning announcements over the intercom system This seemed to be an awesome responsibility at the time and I reveled in that my nbsp voice boomed the nbsp vital pronoucements such as upcoming student council meetings and permission slip d

Check out the 60 Minutes segment on Mark Wahlberg the rapper turned acclaimed actor and producer The segment profiles Walhberg s tumultous childhood in Dorchester Massachusetts and features an interview with one of the few positive influences in his life a Catholic priest who noticed Wahlberg

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi who will serve as House Minority Leader come January answers a few questions in the New York Times magazine She says among other things that she spends a great deal of her time at Sunday Mass she talks about her faith often thinking of her parents and a

Inside Higher Ed reported last week on a development from the University of Notre Dame following the tragic death of a student-worker on campus The student Declan Sullivan was filming a football game for the school in dangerous winds when the platform on which he was standing collapsed from u

Catholic News Service reports that US bishops approved an historic document recognizing baptisms from four Protestant Churches From CNS BALTIMORE CNS — In what Archbishop Wilton D Gregory of Atlanta called a milestone on the ecumenical journey the U S Catholic bishops affirmed an agreement

Update Over 100 Catholic Clergy Attend Exorcism Training in Baltimore The portion of the In All Things commentariat that thinks I m in need of an exorcism may soon have their wish This weekend Catholic bishops from around the United States gather in Baltimore for the United States Conference o

nbsp CNN covers the ongoing controversy in the Minnesota Catholic community surrounding the distribution of 400 000 DVDs to the local faithful by Archbishop John C Nienstedt Financed by the Knights of Columbus and anonymous donors the DVDs offer a strong reminder that the Catholic Church oppose