Visuals, rituals, traditions: How Catholic schools stand out January 24, 2026By Joseph D. White OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Schools Promoting a uniquely Catholic culture in our schools is both a necessary task and a challenging one. In rising to this challenge, it is helpful to examine what variables make cultural identity survive and thrive.
‘Life Is a Gift’: How to embrace the March for Life’s 2026 theme January 23, 2026By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life I’ve been thinking about gifts, and the meaning of them, with the upcoming March for Life and its 2026 theme: “Life is a gift.”
John L. Allen Jr.: A Man for All Seasons, at a Roman Table January 22, 2026By Ines San Martin OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Journalism, Obituaries John Allen never believed journalism was about winning arguments or pleasing audiences. He believed it was about fidelity — to facts, to sources, to context and ultimately to readers.
Worry vs. divine providence January 22, 2026By D.D. Emmons OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Throughout the Bible, the Scripture writers describe many worrisome situations, but somehow the difficulty ends well because of God’s ever presence.
A visit to she who possesses the highest of graces January 21, 2026By Ely Segura OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marian Devotion May she, Our Lady of Altagracia, our model of faith and charity, rekindle our hope and lavish us with her maternal consolation. And may she accompany us on our pilgrimage to heaven where she, crowned as queen, intercedes for our souls and awaits us.
Question Corner: Should girls be altar servers? January 21, 2026By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Some might point out the pastoral benefits of an all-boys altar server team in promoting priestly vocations, while others might appreciate how allowing female altar servers emphasizes our common baptismal priesthood.
Kyrie eleison: Lord, anoint the festering wounds we show January 21, 2026By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary The idea will not leave my head: how do we anoint a whole world so terribly and self-evidently in need of soothing, healing, consolation and unconditional love?
‘It must be you’: A call to mission with young Latinos January 20, 2026By Vicente Del Real OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration Although Latinos are one of the fastest growing populations in the country and make up a large portion of the young Catholic Church, nearly half of Latino young adults are leaving the faith.
Scott Adams and the legitimacy of imperfect confession January 19, 2026By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments Given that his “Dilbert” cartoon spoofed corporate life, it seems fitting Adams approached the idea of religious conversion as a dryly analytical risk-return computation. To some his thinking recalled “Pascal’s wager,” in which 17th-century mathematician Blaise Pascal reasoned that a 50 percent probability of God’s existence represented a bet worth making.
Pope Leo’s extraordinary consistory January 19, 2026By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Vatican By all appearances, January’s consistory was a first step to returning to a more collegial sense of governance that has largely marked the exercise of papal ministry since the Second Vatican Council.
Happy 80th Birthday, Dolly! January 18, 2026By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Although few of us will ever sing at the Grand Ole Opry, may each of us find a way to use the talents God has given us.
We can help make the impossible possible January 16, 2026By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Anyone along the way could have said, “No.” “Not today.” “Why should we bother?” But people said yes,
