Common sense slowly emerges for protecting women’s athletics April 13, 2026By Kenneth Craycraft OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Sports On March 26, the International Olympic Committee made an announcement that is simultaneously surprising and banal. The IOC declared that only women are eligible to participate in women’s events in the Olympics. Of course, saying that women’s events are limited to women is as newsworthy as a declaration that water is wet.
Eternal investment April 13, 2026By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Commentary Lose no opportunity to invest quality time with children at every stage of their lives. Remind them of how precious they are. Teach them as they grow how to recognize opportunities to spread the good news of salvation that our resurrected Lord makes attainable for generations to come.
Fly Me to the Moon (or Fly Someone Else and Let Me Watch) April 12, 2026By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window This type of encounter helps us see the beauty and the power and the imagination behind God’s creation.
Orestes Brownson: A spiritual seeker turned prominent Catholic intellectual ‘bomb-thrower’ April 11, 2026By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Commentary By the end of his life, Orestes Brownson, who was the most distinguished American Catholic public intellectual of the 19th century, had become a ferocious critic of the Americanist path that most of his fellow Catholics had chosen.
Mary, icon of the Church April 9, 2026By Leonard J. DeLorenzo OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Feature On a snow-covered winter day in 1842, Father Edward Sorin stood before a frozen lake in northern Indiana and did something audacious. He consecrated the land, the institution he was about to found and every soul who would ever study or work there to the Blessed Virgin Mary — and he did this not as an afterthought or pious decoration, but as the founding act itself.
Why did Jesus never directly answer whether he was ‘king of the Jews?’ April 7, 2026By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Jesus never directly answered, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Instead of simply saying “Yes,” full stop, Jesus gave what many consider to be sidestep answers…
The Little Girl at the Cross: Our Faith Is Always New April 5, 2026By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Easter, Open Window When it was her turn, she walked right up to the cross, carefully leaned down very low, and gave the dark wood a kiss. Then she bounced away.
An Easter Reflection: Winning with Joy April 5, 2026By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Easter, Open Window The Easter season is a time for rejoicing—not just for ourselves, but in a way that invites those around us to join in the celebration.
Easter evidence: Why Jesus’ resurrection is trusted as true April 4, 2026By Sister Anna Marie McGuan OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Easter Because of the evidence of the empty tomb and the encounters of the risen Jesus with the women, the apostles and disciples, and St. Paul, the Church has always believed and preached the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. It is the moment that definitively changed human history forever.
Father Isaac Hecker: Father of American evangelization April 4, 2026By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Commentary, Evangelization His great goal was the conversion of Protestant America to Catholicism, something he was convinced could happen. After all, he said, in the United States “true religion will find a reception it has in vain looked for elsewhere.”
Letter to those entering the Church April 3, 2026By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Easter, From the Archbishop A most joyful day in my ministry as your bishop is the First Sunday of Lent when we celebrate the Rite of Election. It is a beautiful moment when the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen is filled to overflowing with those of you entering the Church, together with your godparents, sponsors, parish priests, catechists and friends.
Easter or Resurrection Day? The origins of the holiday’s English name April 3, 2026By Monsignor Charles E. Pope OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Easter Easter is plainly the solemn feast celebrating the resurrection of Christ. It is fine to say Happy Easter. The origin of the word “Easter” is complex.
