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The year in review in Catholicism 2015

Dec 30, 2015

Keeping up with news about the Church is always interesting, but 2015 was a banner year in many ways. There was the release of a first-ever encyclical on the environment, vigorous debates about religious freedom after the legalization of same-sex marriage in Ireland and the United States, an intense back-and-forth

By Michael O'Loughlin

Whitey Bulger, ‘Black Mass,’ and Catholicism

Sep 18, 2015

It is a symbolic scene in the movie “Black Mass,” which opened in theaters today: Johnny Depp, portraying South Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, slips into an empty church, perhaps seeking absolution before he flees the city he terrorized for decades and begins his new life as a fugitive. The

By Crux Staff

For Craig Biggio, MLB Hall of Fame induction was heavenly
- Jul 27, 2015
It’s difficult to imagine anything more heavenly for a professional baseball player than being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. But on Sunday, one inductee remembered something a bit more spiritual, some might say: his conversion to the Catholic faith at the hands of his college baseball chaplain. Craig

By Michael O'Loughlin
On same-sex marriage, Catholics are leading the way
- May 27, 2015
Take a look at this list of countries: Belgium, Canada, Spain, Argentina, Portugal, Brazil, France, Uruguay, Luxembourg, and Ireland. Name two things that they have in common. They don’t share a continent, obviously. Or a language. But in all of them, the Roman Catholic Church has more adherents, at least

By nyt
Two new ‘Catholic’ sitcoms, two very different reactions
- May 20, 2015
A top Vatican official visiting the United States last week praised television’s “Modern Family” for prompting “increasingly intense interest and discussion” about family issues. That award-winning show, wrapping up its sixth season Wednesday, features a range of families, including gay parents, divorced parents, families with mixed ethnicities, as well as

By Michael O'Loughlin