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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.
Dispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Recently, some Catholic leaders seem jittery about protests, exercising free speech and community organizing.
Dispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Competing statements this week affirm and critique the church's position on contraception.
Flagging liberty? Outside Sacred Heart Church in downtown Peoria, Ill, June 2016. (CNS photo/Tom Dermody, Catholic Post)
Dispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
A new government report calls for reining in religious liberty protections in favor of non-discrimination statutes.
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles speaks Aug. 19 during the Catholic Association of Latino Leaders annual conference in Chicago (CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Catholic New World).
In All Things
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“There has been a Hispanic presence and influence in this country from the beginning. We need to recover this ‘forgotten’ history.”
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Fewer than two in 10 U.S. Catholics hold a favorable view of Muslims, with many possessing little understanding when it comes to the beliefs of the world’s second largest religion.
In this Feb. 4, 2016, file photo, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., gives a 'thumbs-up' as he takes his seat at the head table for the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Dispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
The Democratic V-P nominee tells Human Rights Campaign marriage equality is compatible with Catholic values.
March for Peace. Participants walk during a call for an end to violence in their community June 17 in Chicago. The march followed a rally in front of St. Sabina Church. (CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Catholic New World)
Dispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
All Catholics have a duty to “to raise up the frustration that drives the violence, whether it be loss of economic opportunity, jobs, education.”
The Georgetown campus. (Wikicommons)
Signs Of the Times
Michael J. O’Loughlin
In order to come to terms with the sale of 272 slaves to two Louisiana businessmen in 1838, Georgetown University and the Jesuits of Maryland should offer a formal apology and enact a series of reforms. They include renaming buildings, offering financial aid to the descendants of those slaves and co
A tapestry of St. Teresa of Kolkata is seen on the facade of St. Peter's Basilica as Pope Francis celebrates her canonization Mass at the Vatican Sept. 4. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Trump praised the saint’s “amazing life of charity and holiness” and Clinton recalled her work with the founder of the Missionaries of Charity.
Dispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
These questions could affect the lives of many Americans more than which New York millionaire moves into the White House.