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Commentary

Laying the groundwork for peace

June 7, 2021
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Gunty Commentary, Commentary

Imagine also if we put the same effort that has characterized the pandemic response into achieving world peace, or addressing climate change, or alleviating poverty in general.

The Visit of the Cicadas

June 6, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

A poetic tribute to Brood X, the 17-year cicadas

Summer foods, pasta art, and partying with cicadas (7 Quick Takes)

June 4, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

It’s June, and every day I answer the question, “How many school days are left?”

Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque and First Friday Devotions: The Year of the Eucharist

June 3, 2021
By Hanael Bianchi
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Eucharist, Fertile Soil

The heart is the center of our being. and the seat of our emotions and love. The Sacred Heart of Jesus symbolizes his great love for humanity.

Sensitive to incense/Words of consecration

June 3, 2021
By Father Kenneth Doyle
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Question Corner

Father Kenneth Doyle fields questions about the use of incense and the words of consecration.

The oldest cathedral and the newest challenge

June 2, 2021
By George Weigel
Syndicated Columnist
Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Commentary, The Catholic Difference

It’s now the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, but for native Baltimoreans of a certain vintage (like me) it is, was, and always will be “the Old Cathedral:” the first of its kind in the United States

Going buggy with Brood X

June 1, 2021
By Greg Erlandson
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Feature, Guest Commentary

Brood X is to the normal summer cicada what King Kong is to Tarzan’s Cheeta: something else entirely.

Savor the moment

June 1, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church

As St. Pius closes, I’ll be thinking of the students whose time there was cut short and all those grieving that loss. And I’ll be holding onto my memories – and the friendships and connections I have thanks to my time there.

Listening for the Holy Spirit

May 31, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

The Holy Spirit is the unseen hero of the Visitation.

Muffin debates, vanishing chips, flossing, and cicadas (7 Quick Takes)

May 29, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

It’s almost June, and the strawberries and blueberries are just begging to be gobbled up.

Gifted by the Holy Spirit: An evening with ValLimar Jansen

May 27, 2021
By Robyn Barberry
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Blog, Commentary, Coronavirus, Unconditional

After a year like this, we needed a breath of fresh air and ValLimar is precisely that.

Tired but still going

May 27, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

Many days all we can do is get up and keep going. And that’s really all God asks of us.

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