The ‘both/and’ pope August 7, 2025By Deacon Manuel Aliaga Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary The elevation of Robert Prevost brings the Catholic Church its second pope from the New World, its first U.S. pontiff and the first pope to hold Peruvian citizenship – making him both the first North and South American pope.
Can AI help the church evangelize? August 7, 2025By Sister Nancy Usslemann OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Evangelization Perhaps not everyone finds the need to launch into the latest tech trend; however, the church herself must be present in the culture to be able to evangelize it from within.
Children of Abraham: Let us find another way to peace August 6, 2025By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Conflict in the Middle East These brothers, Arabs and Jews alike, must face the fact that as they spill each other’s blood and destroy their own family they’re perpetuating the age-old curse of rootless dispossession down the decades. They must admit their culpability for miseries, past and present.
Question Corner: How accurate is the portrayal of Judas in ‘The Chosen?’ August 6, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner We know that God is infinitely loving and merciful, so I believe that Jesus would have readily and joyfully forgiven Judas if he had only turned back to God and sought reconciliation.
The popes at Tor Vergata: From John Paul II’s vision to Leo’s witness August 5, 2025By Father Patrick Briscoe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Jubilee 2025, Vatican Twenty-five years after World Youth Day 2000, the world watched as another pope came to meet the youth of the church, again at Tor Vergata. Leo XIV, just a few months into his pontificate, stepped onto the world stage on a summer evening in 2025.
Faith’s family tree August 5, 2025By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Our family histories vary widely. But all of us share a lineage of spiritual fathers and mothers whose words and deeds also make us what we are.
Walking with saints August 4, 2025By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints I’m inspired by the old adage, “Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.” I’m called to ask, what saints have influenced me? How am I called to be a saint? And how do “my” saints walk with me on that journey?
Our Lady of the Snows: An unlikely patron in August August 2, 2025By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marian Devotion The optional memorial of the Dedication of St. Mary Major, celebrated on Aug. 5, recalls the importance of Mary in the life of the church. But it also calls to mind the Marian title of “Our Lady of the Snows.”
A Small Gift on a Cloudy Day August 1, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window For a moment, as I reached for the church door, I hesitated. I could go back to the car for an umbrella.
Why would God allow Satan to torture Job? July 31, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Question Corner Why would God allow Satan to torture and torment Job when he knew Job was a wonderful man and if God is, indeed, omniscient? (New Jersey)
OSV Editors: The atrocity against humanity in Gaza must end July 31, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Commentary War always brings unimaginable human suffering. But the images coming out of the besieged Gaza Strip as the war between Israel and Hamas inches toward October’s two-year mark urge us to exclaim in the loudest possible voice: Enough! Men, women and children in Gaza are starving to death, and this atrocity against humanity must end.
How to grow in faith for back-to-school July 30, 2025By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Schools Just as Jesus breathed on his disciples and gave them the gift of the Holy Spirit — as you kiss or hug your kids when they head off to school or daycare — the Holy Spirit remains with you, to inspire your daily labors.
