National correspondent Michael O’Loughlin is covering the USCCB gathering for America.
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Posted inDispatches, Faith
Cardinal-designate Cupich speaks on crossing great divides in U.S. life and church
Cardinal-designate Cupich shared his hopes for the new Trump administration.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
WATCH LIVE: Ignatian Family Teach-In 2016
Watch the Ignatian Family Teach-In 2016 live this weekend.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Some Catholics say politics were prevalent in parishes ahead of election
Helping drive up Mr. Trump’s numbers, some Catholics say, were clergy and parish leaders.
Posted inColumns, Faith
What Canadian religious history can teach us about U.S. church attendance
Once grouped with the Irish and the Polish as a signally devout Catholic population, the citizens of Quebec are now quite the opposite.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic voters helped give Trump his unexpected victory
Despite months of pre-election polls showing Catholics backing Hillary Clinton, exit polls show Donald Trump won a majority of Catholic votes on Tuesday.
Posted inPolitics & Society
Black Catholics bear witness to a gentrified Oakland
St. Columba began celebrating Black Catholic History Month and Kwanzaa alongside the regular events in the liturgical calendar.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Meet Pope Francis’ surprising pick to lead the Archdiocese of Newark
Archbishop Tobin is a man of simple lifestyle, committed to dialogue, encounter and the poor.
Posted inFaith, Signs Of the Times
Discerning a New Role
“Well, she read in the newspaper that you pick up after yourself and you cook your own food and wash your own clothes,” Archbishop Tobin recalled telling him. “She’s had it up to here with the sort of monarchic church!”The future pope laughed, and the remarks apparently
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
How Alcoholics Anonymous is Connecting People to God
In this week’s podcast Bill McGarvey speaks to Tim Reidy and Kevin Clarke about how Alcoholics Anonymous is connecting people to God outside of the church. For Bill McGarvey, many of the most grounded and spiritually open people he knows are members of A.A. In an age where fewer people are willing to affiliate with institutional […]