Catholic Review

Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore

Effie Caldarola

Effie Caldarola writes a biweekly for OSV News. Caldarola is a wife, mom and grandmother who received her master's degree in pastoral ministry from Seattle University.

Walking with saints


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OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints

I’m inspired by the old adage, “Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.” I’m called to ask, what saints have influenced me? How am I called to be a saint? And how do “my” saints walk with me on that journey?

How and why to laugh like a saint


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OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints

Hearing that Ignatius’ rooms were full of laughter is a good reminder at a time when so many Americans are feeling anxious. We are, after all, in a Jubilee year of hope. We are Pilgrims of Hope. But I, like many, struggle with hope.

God’s dazzling creation


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OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Environment

Regulations must not be relaxed for the sake of corporate greed, but must be built on the common good of all, including our grandchildren. It’s what our faith teaches, and it’s really as simple as that.

The doors we open


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OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Vatican

He commands no armies, but we pray desperately that Pope Leo’s moral weight, and ours as he guides us, can make the world and our country a more peaceful place, a community of love and welcome, a place where all are respected and the common good is the common standard.

Looking toward the dawn at Easter


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OSV News Filed Under: Commentary

It’s difficult to think of laughter when you see the suffering of the men who languish, none of them having access to due process, in a brutal foreign prison. But as Christians we are called to hope, even in the midst of night.

Rain and tears


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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.

The hopeful legacy of Jimmy Carter


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OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Social Justice

Jimmy Carter has been the subject of countless retrospectives since his death on Dec. 29. For some years, we’ve had an unfair image of his one term in office as a “failed” presidency, yet a universal acknowledgement that his post-presidency was an extraordinary example of a life well-lived.

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