President Joe Biden’s meeting with Pope Francis on Oct. 29 will be only the second audience between a pope and a Catholic president of the United States. In a statement to the media, the White ...
Scott Warden shares his recent experience attending the opening Mass for the diocesan phase of the Synod of Bishops. The synod’s theme is “For a synodal Church: communion, participation and mission.” Warden shares that in ...
Columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez encourages people, not just in October, but throughout the year, to pray the Rosary. She writes about her experience of praying outside the abortion clinics and realizing: “Without being conscious about ...
OSV Publisher Scott Richert writes that in a world of half-truths and false prophets, we need not be as concerned with defending the truth as we should be with proclaiming it: “Every Christian is called ...
A reader asks: “Why did God create the heavens, the Earth and mankind in a galaxy of so many stars it has been named the Milky Way. And our galaxy is also just one of ...
Reflecting on the thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Timothy O’Malley writes that like Bartimaeus, we too must call out in faith to Jesus to heal our sufferings, addictions and woundedness. Bartimaeus’ faith has saved him. ...
David Mills explores how, in the past, the Church’s great social movements encouraged their members to learn through careful study and reading. Rarely is such a thing expected from Catholics today. He writes: “We tend ...
“I know that God is the owner of life, but God doesn’t want to see me suffer.” Those are the words of Martha Sepúlveda, a 51-year-old Catholic from Colombia with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis who, if ...
Editorial director for periodicals Gretchen Crowe shares a fact about herself: Planning ahead is not one of her natural fortés. This especially applies to Christmas shopping. But after reading recommendations to begin her Christmas shopping ...
Monsignor Owen Campion writes about the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, an image that fascinated and puzzled scientists for centuries. It is not oil, watercolor or ink. It is not a photograph. What is ...
Follow Us
Trending
-
Retired Pope Benedict hints at his death in condolence message
-
The importance of walking a path of synodality in our homes
-
Pope shares survivor’s letter pleading for clergy to face truth of abuse
-
The U.S. Church should pay attention to the French report on sex abuse. Here’s why
-
Editorial: Will abortion be discussed during President Biden’s meeting with Pope Francis?
