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Michael J. O’Loughlin is national correspondent at America and author of Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear.
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Father Louis J. Cameli writes that the church’s instructions on candidates for the priesthood do not explicitly prohibit gay men.
Pope Francis accepts a birthday cake from chefs during his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 14. The pope will turn 80 Dec. 17. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, handout)
FaithIn All Things
Michael J. O’Loughlin
The pope is turning 80 this Saturday.
Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane, Australia, is seen at the Vatican Oct. 14, 2015 (CNS photo/Paul Haring).
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
The pope is "bringing out into the very public setting of the papacy what any pastor does in his parish or diocese."
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
A new statement is seemingly at odds with Pope Francis’ famous “Who am I to judge?” response when asked about gay priests in 2013.
Father Rene Robert, with hat, is pictured during a 2015 procession for Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine in Florida. The 71-year-old priest was found dead April 18 in Burke County, Ga. (CNS photo/Jean Gonzalez, Florida Catholic).
In All Things
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Father Robert worked in prison ministry, which is how he became acquainted with his killer.
Then-presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a campaign event in Wilmington, Ohio, Nov. 4. Trump won the presidency in the Nov. 8 elections. (CNS photo/Carlo Allegri, Reuters)
Politics & SocietySigns Of the Times
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Given that just days before the bishops met, the United States wrapped up a bizarre election season, there were some sparks in Baltimore about what to expect under President-elect Donald J. Trump.
Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago
FaithSigns Of the Times
Michael J. O’LoughlinJeremy Zipple
"The problem that we have today, not only in society but also in the church, is that we've become too polarized," Cardinal Kevin Farrell, an Irish-born prelate who was bishop of Dallas before taking over a Vatican department on family life earlier this year, told America.
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“We’ve become too polarized...We’ve believed that we’ve become gods on both sides, on the left and on the right, and neither one of them are correct.”
Cardinal-designate Joseph W. Tobin of Indianapolis, center, joins other bishops during morning prayer Nov. 15 at the annual fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore (CNS photo/Bob Roller).
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Cardinal-designate Joseph Tobin does not hold back when expressing his admiration for Pope Francis.
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Using too broad a brush to paint any group of people is rarely a good idea, including a hierarchy composed of hundreds of individuals.