O'Loughlin on Francis

by Michael Sean Winters

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Over at Religion & Politics, the online journal of the Danforth Center, Michael O'Loughlin takes the temperature of U.S. reactions to the papacy of Francis. O'Loughlin is one of the up-and-coming young writers in the Catholic world with a keen eye and an adroit pen.

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