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Commentary

Chance encounter showed Brooks Robinson’s Catholic spirit

September 27, 2023
By Gerry Jackson
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Sports

What I remember most about Brooks Robinson aren’t my professional experiences with him, but a small moment that I think sums up why he’s so beloved in this town.

That Time We Met Brooks Robinson

September 26, 2023
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

Our fifth grader went first, stepping up to meet Brooks Robinson who smiled and commented that our boy wasn’t in school.

Celebrating 19 years of marriage

September 26, 2023
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

Life is full of jumping spiders—and other things that are much more stressful and problematic. Nineteen years into marriage, I’m grateful that I don’t have to experience them alone.

How can I help?

September 26, 2023
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church

The best part was discovering that serving others can be more fun than spending the afternoon doing what you thought you wanted to do.

Question Corner: Does insufficient faith keep us from being healed?

September 25, 2023
By Jenna Marie Cooper
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner

Catholics don’t believe that a lack of physical healing is due to some fault in the faith of the one suffering, nor can it be attributed to a lack of faith on the part of that person’s loved ones.

Archbishop Wenski: ‘Change the narrative about migration’

September 22, 2023
By Archbishop Thomas Wenski
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration

The U.S. can overcome the challenges of migration if we recognize the opportunities the immigrants themselves offer.

Cardinal Dolan: Are Sunday Masses just too long?

September 21, 2023
By Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments

An hour-and-a-half Mass — not just on solemnities, but every Sunday — has become normal, and they candidly propose that this is one of the factors driving people away.

Reasons why St. Francis is a model of synodality

September 21, 2023
By Father Patrick Briscoe
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Synodality

We should be disciples like St. Francis, striving our best to imitate our master, he who was poor and willing to lay down his life in reparation for our sins.

A taste of a child’s birthday joy

September 20, 2023
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

As I sat in the waiting room, I thought I might have a few minutes to myself. Then the door burst open, and a mother and her two little girls came hurrying into the room. Fairly quickly, the older girl caught my eye and recognized me as an appreciative audience. She picked up her 3-year-old […]

Grandma still uses cash, but updates when it’s truly necessary

September 20, 2023
By Effie Caldarola
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary

Everything is connected. We are, all of us, connected, and we’re intimately connected to the natural world that is now under such duress.

Question Corner: Are ‘little white lies’ Ok to tell?

September 20, 2023
By Jenna Marie Cooper
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner

A quick fib about eating the last piece of cake is obviously not on the same level as a lie in a business transaction that causes a family to lose their entire savings.

Synod and family, the communication skills are the same

September 18, 2023
By Gretchen R. Crowe
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Synodality

What’s especially interesting to me as a communicator is that, at its core, this synod demands good communications skills of its participants.

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