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A Jesuit on LGBT issues and the Catholic Church

Michael J. O'Loughlin | Jun 18, 2013

A Jesuit talks about LGBT issues on Catholic college campuses.

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“What Christians really are is not being captured by the press.”

Michael J. O'Loughlin | Jun 11, 2013

Ira Glass on how Christians appears in the media.

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#SayingSomethingPositive about LGBT Catholics

Michael J. O'Loughlin | Jun 5, 2013

One Jesuit priest wants unqualified statements of support for LGBT Catholics.

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OSU President Gordon Gee will retire July 1. (Photo: courtesy flickr user NASA HQ PHOTO - http://bit.ly/17mg7gW)

Ohio State president shown door after Catholic jokes

Michael J. O'Loughlin | Jun 4, 2013

The president of Ohio State will retire after some unseemly jokes about Catholics, Southerners.

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Fr. Andrew Greeley on "Donahue" in 1993 screenshot courtesy YouTube

Fr. Andrew Greeley on “Donahue”

Michael J. O'Loughlin | May 30, 2013

Fr. Andrew Greeley on clergy sexual abuse in 1993.

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Pope Francis waves from the pope-mobile during his inauguration Mass at St. Peter's Square on Tuesday (March 19) at the Vatican.  RNS photo by Andrea Sabbadini

The New York Times and Francis’ liberation theology

Michael J. O'Loughlin | May 28, 2013

The New York Times writes of Pope Francis’ “affinity for liberation theology” just weeks after reporting on his distaste for it. What gives?

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Pope Francis waves from the pope-mobile during his inauguration Mass at St. Peter's Square on Tuesday (March 19) at the Vatican.  RNS photo by Andrea Sabbadini

Pope Francis on newsworthiness

Michael J. O'Loughlin | May 20, 2013

Pope Francis laments not how news is chosen, but our inability to make preventable suffering newsworthy.

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Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston.

Cardinal O’Malley to skip Boston College commencement

Michael J. O'Loughlin | May 11, 2013

‘Tis the season for Catholic commencement clashes. Does preventing Catholic institutions from recognizing the good work done to promote social justice in one area because of divergent views on abortion do more harm than good in advancing the common good?

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Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York. (from flickr user Allison Harger).

“We are not dirty.” (Updated).

Michael J. O'Loughlin | May 3, 2013

A group of LGBT Catholics plan to respond to what they describe as being called dirty by a prominent Cardinal.

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Majority favors death for Boston bomber

Michael J. O'Loughlin | May 1, 2013

Majority support death for Boston bomber.

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Michael J. O'Loughlin

Michael J. O’Loughlin writes about religion and politics from Washington, D.C., paying close attention to the role of the Catholic Church in public life. His writing has appeared in the Jesuit magazine America, on BustedHalo.com, and in Duke Divinity School’s Faith & Leadership.

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