Rain and tears April 3, 2025By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Lent As the rain falls softly, we know the lesson of Lent: that as we listen to God’s voice in our lives, we also stand on sacred ground.
All that we offer April 2, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window When I make beef vegetable soup, I am incapable of making the right amount for our family of four. We always end up with extra. So, after I made a pot of soup this week, I texted my sister to see if she’d like some for her, her husband, and their six children. Treasa wrote […]
Pope St. John Paul II: Witness to the world April 2, 2025By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints John Paul was an ecumenical and interreligious innovator.
God really loves me April 2, 2025By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Evangelization This year’s Rite of Election in the Archdiocese of Baltimore was beautiful. The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen was filled to overflowing. Nearly 800 catechumens and candidates for reception into the church were joined by their godparents, sponsors, families and friends.
Question Corner: Can I attend a non-Catholic wedding? April 2, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner If a Catholic attends a clearly invalid wedding in the normal festive spirit, they are celebrating something which is, at least objectively “on paper,” a falsehood.
Loving sinners, admonishing sin April 2, 2025By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Lent If the Cross of Christ shows us anything, it is that loving sinners requires a willingness to suffer.
‘Put no trust in princes’ April 1, 2025By Greg Erlandson OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Commentary, DOGE cuts We as Catholics are asked to assess how Christian or moral an administration is not by its members or its rhetoric, but by its actions.
‘The Chosen’ Season Five sets the table for Holy Week April 1, 2025By Sister Nancy Usslemann OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Movie & Television Reviews While it began as an independent crowd-funded series, “The Chosen” has now become a global phenomenon as the most watched series in the world.
10 reasons to come back to the Catholic Church March 29, 2025By Lorene Hanley Duquin OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Evangelization Most people discover that coming back to the church is not an event as much as it is a process that involves a little pain, a little laughter, some thinking, some prayer, some discernment and a lot of letting go.
God never gives up on us March 28, 2025By Archbishop Thomas Wenski OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Lent The door to that future is always open for us: it is the door of the confessional where sins committed after baptism are forgiven.
Question Corner: Are there any saints who had a difficult relationship with the church? March 26, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Saints There have been many canonized saints who were treated very badly by church leaders of their day, through no fault of their own.
Princeton’s Robert George reflects on ‘Evangelium Vitae’ 30 years on March 26, 2025By Charles C. Camosy OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life Robert P. George, McCormick professor of jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, recently spoke with OSV News’ Charlie Camosy about how St. John Paul II’s encyclical “Evangelium Vitae,” released 30 years ago, provided a pro-life vision that remains relevant today.
