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Lauretta Brown

Lauretta Brown is culture editor for OSV News. Follow her on X (formerly Twitter) @LaurettaBrown6.

Snow White and the significance of fairy tales

April 9, 2025
By Lauretta Brown
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Movie & Television Reviews

In retelling the fairy tales of bygone eras, filmmakers would do well to allow Snow White’s prince to come, Belle’s Beast to transform and Cinderella’s slipper to fit.

Priest influencer on evangelizing through humor, social media pitfalls and advice to Gen Z

March 23, 2025
By Lauretta Brown
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, social media, World News

The milestone video was perfect for Father David Michael, 31, who posts humorous videos about his life as a priest alongside simple explanations of different areas of Catholic teaching. His videos have earned millions of views on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok.

U.S. bishops continue legal battle with Trump administration over refugee resettlement funding

March 17, 2025
By Lauretta Brown
OSV News
Filed Under: Bishops, DOGE cuts, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News

Following a setback, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is continuing its legal fight against the Trump administration’s halt in federal funding for refugee resettlement services.

President Trump bars biological males from competing in women’s sports

February 7, 2025
By Lauretta Brown
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Sports, World News

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Feb. 5 barring biological males from competing in women’s sports.

Meditating on Christ’s passion with St. Thomas More

February 6, 2025
By Lauretta Brown
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Saints

These last written words from St. Thomas More offered a timely reminder to have courage and lean on Christ in the face of struggles new and old for his strength “is made perfect in weakness.”

Holocaust survivor honors Polish priest who aided his family

January 27, 2025
By Lauretta Brown
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News

Because of the quiet and heroic intervention of a Polish priest, Andrew Jampoler’s life was saved just as it began. Jampoler, 83, feels a strong debt of gratitude to Father Jozef Czapran who protected him as an infant in Eastern Poland by providing lifesaving papers for him and his family.

Coming home to a community of faith at Naval Academy

January 23, 2025
By Lauretta Brown
OSV News
Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Young Adult Ministry

When Una Johnson arrived in the fall of 2023 at the Naval Academy in Annapolis from her home in Washington state, she was struck by the number of her classmates attending Catholic liturgies.

SEEK conference in D.C. features hope, healing and eucharistic encounter

January 6, 2025
By Lauretta Brown
OSV News
Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News

Thousands of college students, gathered in the nation’s capital Jan. 3 and pondered these questions as part of an evening of reflection and eucharistic adoration at the Fellowship of Catholic University Students’ 2025 SEEK conference.

In times of division, Our Lady of Guadalupe calls all to unity in Christ, bishops say

December 12, 2024
By Lauretta Brown
OSV News
Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, News, World News

At a time marked by division, several U.S. bishops wrote Dec. 11 that the patronage of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas, is “a powerful reminder that we are all called to be one in Christ Jesus, beginning from the moment of our conception.”

Surrendering emptiness in Advent

December 12, 2024
By Lauretta Brown
OSV News
Filed Under: Books, Commentary

Childish musings and wonder can give way to mystery as we get older and the idea of a young woman conceived without sin, bearing the son of God seems so far away from everyday life.

Bishops discuss immigration, abortion concerns ahead of incoming Trump administration

December 11, 2024
By Lauretta Brown
OSV News
Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

The church must continue to stand for the dignity of all human life under the incoming Trump administration. That was the message from Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, chair of the bishops’ migration committee, and Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, the bishops’ new pro-life committee chair, who both spoke with OSV News at the U.S. bishops’ November meeting.

‘The Chosen’ Season 5 coming Lent 2025; Last Supper scene grounded in Roumie’s Eucharistic devotion

November 27, 2024
By Lauretta Brown
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News

Beginning March 27, the fifth season of the hit series “The Chosen,” which focuses on the life of Jesus and his closest disciples, will hit theaters in the weeks leading up to Easter, which is April 20. The latest installment, “The Chosen: Last Supper” portrays the events of Holy Week.

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