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I cover the Catholic Church for the Boston Globe's Crux, a website covering all things Catholic.

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Michael O'Loughlin is the national reporter for Crux. Before joining Crux, he spent 5 years in Washington, D.…

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Dolly Parton's talents were singing and acting, but her legacy will be hope

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By Michael O'Loughlin Verified, Michael Sean Winters Verified
| National Catholic Reporter Verified
The days before Christmas in 2020 weren't so bright. The pandemic was still in its infancy and a prominent scientist warned that we faced the "darkest winter in modern history." Hope seemed far off. Around the same time, vaccines for COVID-19, which promised a return to normalcy and an end to isolation and loneliness, were just becoming available to first responders, including my husband, who worked in a busy Chicago emergency room.
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New leader of US Franciscans: Pope Leo 'trying to hold the church together'

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By Michael O'Loughlin Verified
| National Catholic Reporter Verified
When asked what St. Francis of Assisi would say to the world today, Franciscan Br. Michael Perry, newly elected leader of the U.S. Franciscans, said the saint would invite people to be "lights in the darkness," signs of hope and symbols of peace. Perry was elected on July 15 to lead the largest province of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor in the United States.
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Vance's 'Communion' explores his Catholic conversion — but dodges hard questions

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By Michael O'Loughlin Verified, JD Vance, Michael Sean Winters Verified
| National Catholic Reporter Verified
Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith 304 pages; Harper $35.00 One of the more striking scenes in Vice President JD Vance's new book, Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, takes place in 2019, inside the cathedral in Burgundy, France, an experience that he credits with prompting him to take the final step toward becoming Catholic. Vance is on a family trip with his wife, Usha, and their young son Ewan.
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