Catholic sci-fi novel demonstrates the dangers of replacing faith with ideology June 11, 2026By Madelyn Reichert OSV News Filed Under: Books, Commentary Longtime fans of Karina Fabian’s “Rescue Sisters” stories will be quick to point out that the review of this month’s novel is a decade overdue. To them one can only reply that, after all, Christ gave the full day’s pay to the latecomers in his parable of the vineyard workers, and this reviewer is similarly grateful to have discovered such an excellent work of speculative fiction, even if a bit belatedly. Discovered, of course, being the operative word, as in any good work of science fiction.
Special delivery June 10, 2026By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church I know there are people who say that a child learns best when they need to deal with the consequences. But I think there are enough hard consequences in life. The lessons I want to teach my children are to respond with compassion.
The strength of Jimmy Lai and the weakness of Emperor Xi June 10, 2026By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference What can his fellow Catholics do for Jimmy Lai at the moment? We can hold him in prayer every day. We can urge the Administration to continue to press for Jimmy’s release and we can urge our representatives and senators to press the Administration to keep pressing the Chinese regime.
Question Corner: What does it mean if a couple is asked to ‘live as brother and sister’ during an annulment process? June 9, 2026By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner If the original marriage is presumed to be a true and binding one, then living as a married person with a new spouse is technically committing adultery — even if most divorced and remarried people wouldn’t subjectively experience it this way.
Why the bishops are consecrating the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus June 9, 2026By Archbishop Thomas Wenski OSV News Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Commentary In linking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with the devotion to the Sacred Heart, the bishops invite us to reflect with gratitude on the blessings God has bestowed on our nation but, at the same time, devotion to the Sacred Heart demands that we consider how we might foster truth, justice and charity in American life.
Mother Cabrini: First U.S. citizen canonized a saint dedicated life to New York’s Italian immigrants June 6, 2026By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Commentary, Saints The heroic love of God and neighbor that motivated her was formally recognized in 1946 when Frances Cabrini was declared a saint. That made her the first U.S. citizen to be canonized — even though she remained, in the words of a historian, “Italian … to the very marrow of her bones.”
Question Corner: When does a priest promise celibacy in the ordination process? June 3, 2026By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Hypothetically, what would happen if the bishop accidentally left out the part of the ordination Mass where the future priest promises celibacy? That wouldn’t mean that the new priest was actually free to marry, would it?
John Paul II and America June 3, 2026By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Commentary, Feature, Saints, The Catholic Difference As America approaches its 250th birthday, it would do well to remember that the emblematic figure of the second half of the twentieth century had such high hopes for us: hopes that now seem a call to a national examination of conscience.
‘Magnifica Humanitas’ and AI: How Catholic social teaching affirms human dignity in digital world June 3, 2026By Sister Nancy Usslemann OSV News Filed Under: AI, Commentary If you use artificial intelligence for certain tasks, a good Catholic question to ask is simple: Am I aware of how my use of AI — and my support of AI systems — affects human dignity and the common good? Catholic social teaching offers principles of discernment to help answer that question.
A Wasp on the Elevator June 2, 2026By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window My son and I were hurrying to an appointment, and the parking garage was packed. We snagged a spot on the top level of the garage and walked over to the elevator. I don’t always have much faith in elevators, and I would prefer to take the stairs, but we were in a rush, and […]
Pope Leo’s first encyclical June 2, 2026By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: AI, Commentary It can be easy for Catholics to lose sight of the forest for the trees. Sometimes we can lose sight of the bigger global picture, get distracted from what matters most for humanity, even give into the temptation to zero in too much on internal ecclesial life. In more recent years, the Church has also been burdened by internal debates and feuds which distract us from the mission Christ entrusted to us.
Father McGivney: Founder’s desire for charity built Knights of Columbus’ success May 30, 2026By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Commentary, Knights of Columbus In many ways, Father Michael J. McGivney was just one more of that band of hardworking Irish-American priests who spent themselves building up the church in America in the latter years of the 19th century. But in one truly extraordinary respect, he was unique: Before he was 30, Father McGivney had founded what was to become the largest Catholic men’s organization in the world: the Knights of Columbus.
