At my doorstep November 4, 2025By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Feature, From the Archbishop In his first exhortation, “Dilexi Te” (“I Have Loved You”), Pope Leo XIV wrote movingly of Christ’s love for the poor and of our calling as Catholics also to love and serve the poor. His exhortation hit home personally.
Parents, PLEASE: My seventh grade religious ed students do not know the ‘Our Father’ November 3, 2025By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life Creating Christians who are whole human beings is all of our jobs. But it’s yours first.
Thin places in November October 31, 2025By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary I won’t miss those skeletons on the neighborhood lawns. But I treasure remembering how close we are to our beloved, living and dead.
Raising their voice for justice October 30, 2025By Greg Erlandson OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Commentary, Immigration and Migration This year, however, the annual November meeting in Baltimore has an opportunity to take a public stand on an issue that is roiling the neighborhoods and parishes of many American communities — the current administration’s aggressive campaign to seize and deport undocumented immigrants.
A timely anniversary October 29, 2025By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, The Catholic Difference Antisemitism is a malignancy in society. Throughout modern political history, rising antisemitism has been an unmistakable marker of cultural decay.
Question Corner: What do we mean when we talk about reducing specific amounts of time in purgatory? October 29, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Purgatory is indeed a state that exists apart from the linear time we experience in our lives on earth, and therefore we cannot truly speak about how long a soul spends in purgatory according to a literal measure of days, months or years.
No absolute certainty October 29, 2025By Sister Nancy Usslemann OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Journalism, Vocations There is no absolute certainty in discerning a vocational call. If we have certainty, we wouldn’t keep pursuing the mystery of God present in the silence and stillness. That is where the will of God is found.
The history behind All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days October 28, 2025By D.D. Emmons OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints All Saints is a churchwide holy day of obligation and normally celebrated on Nov. 1. If the first day of November falls on a Saturday or Monday, at least in the United States, the obligation to attend Mass is abrogated. All Souls’ Day takes place on Nov. 2, unless it falls on a Sunday, then the celebration is held Nov. 3.
Reflections on the synodal journey October 27, 2025By Jenny Kraska Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Jubilee 2025, Synodality, Vatican Participating in the Jubilee for Synod Teams and Participatory Bodies in Rome was a moving experience of communion, prayer and listening at the heart of the universal Catholic Church.
Children’s book illustrates Catholic origins of Halloween October 27, 2025By Tony Gutierrez OSV News Filed Under: Books, Commentary Much has been written about keeping Christ in Christmas but Catholic children’s author Anthony DeStefano’s new book is helping to keep the Hallow — or “holy” — in Halloween.
Do you know how to avoid the demonic? October 27, 2025By Adam Blai OSV News Filed Under: Commentary n many cases we seem to be embarrassed by the ideas that spirits are real, that angels and demons exist, and that exorcisms are not an ancient misunderstanding of neurological problems.
The Crayon costume October 27, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church Whatever new challenges you undertake during this season, may you find they give you strength, clarity of purpose or whatever you are seeking on your faith journey.
