How and why to laugh like a saint July 17, 2025By Effie Caldarola 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.
Jesus doesn’t leave us alone in the night June 16, 2025By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary There are faith-sharing groups out there that beckon us. There are food banks and Catholic charities serving the unhoused and the migrant that need our help.
God’s dazzling creation June 2, 2025By Effie Caldarola 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 May 20, 2025By Effie Caldarola 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.
In a dark world, look for the helpers May 2, 2025By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Remembering Pope Francis Pope Francis was a helper and he encouraged helpers everywhere.
Looking toward the dawn at Easter April 16, 2025By Effie Caldarola 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 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.
Two Irish Saints March 17, 2025By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints During St. Patrick’s season, my thoughts turn to two other Irishmen on the road to sainthood.
On the journey toward sainthood February 4, 2025By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints We remember Brother James on Feb. 13, the anniversary of his martyrdom, and pray for a miracle to advance his cause for canonization.
The hopeful legacy of Jimmy Carter January 15, 2025By Effie Caldarola 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.
The most desired gift January 5, 2025By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Uncategorized Sometimes, maintaining hope challenges our faith.
Focus on God November 15, 2024By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Commentary Like many, I was appalled at the dehumanizing words and lies spoken about migrants in the recent election, and the joy expressed about the threats to tear families apart by deporting hard working people hoping for citizenship. Words hurt.
