How are bishops selected? March 21, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News Let’s take a closer look at the complex undertaking of choosing a new bishop, one which originates with the needs of a local diocese and extends all the way to the desk of the pope.
Analysis: Major changes in store for Latin Church in US as bishop appointments stall March 17, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News Change looms on the horizon for the American hierarchy. And the anticipation continues to build as the appointment of Latin Church bishops in the United States has seriously stalled out over the last year or so.
Commoditization of funeral industry is hurting Catholic Church February 21, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments With fewer wakes, and with fewer clergy attending them, aren’t we missing out on a vital pastoral dimension of funerals?
Stations of the Cross help us make sense of suffering February 14, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Lent Christ’s cross makes sense of our own, hence the universal appeal of popular devotions like the Stations of the Cross.
Shields, symbols and saints: What is heraldry in the Catholic Church? January 27, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News Steeped in tradition, ecclesiastical heraldry is a regulated system of self-identification, adopted by the church from medieval society, which operates as a science and an art form with its own rules and regulations.
St. John Neumann: A saint for Catholic teachers and former Baltimore pastor January 27, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints, Schools St. John Neumann excelled in the virtues, most notably humility, without which he said “other virtues could be neither genuine nor permanent.”
A eucharistic word: tabernacle January 18, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist The Eucharist is the key to open up the tabernacle of our hearts and let Christ live in the world.
Legendary Irish Catholic singer reflects on role of faith in music December 23, 2023By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News The singer’s Catholic culture is often evident on his social media, and Daniel O’Donnell regularly lends his musical talents at his parish, where he often sings in the choir when he’s not on the road.
‘Longing’: Learning about Eucharistic desire from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton November 24, 2023By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints The newly redesigned Elizabeth Ann Seton museum has much to offer any pilgrim.
USCCB president on his relationships with Pope Francis and Cardinal Pierre, the synod’s influence and Bishop Strickland’s status November 16, 2023By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Synodality, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2023, World News Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio is just beginning his second year of his three-year term as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
The gravity of Gettysburg, through the heart of a child July 3, 2023By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary When it comes to introducing children to history, you are not just dealing with facts and trivia; you’re introducing young minds to the reality of the human condition — that celebrating the greatest of human achievements is good, but that we must acknowledge and recognize the worst of human behavior.
‘Remembering’ in Eucharist: We celebrate, we believe May 18, 2023By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist The Eucharist is an exercise in remembering — after all, we speak of the Eucharist itself as a memorial.
