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Statue of Jesus, the Divine Mercy, holding his hand up in blessing while positioned in a garden outside a chapel

This little (broken) light of mine

February 23, 2025
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

Here comes Lent. God gives us this season not just to reflect on Jesus’ life, suffering, and sacrifice for us, but also to offer us a chance to lean on him, to walk with him, and to find ways to open ourselves up to his love.

Pope Francis: ‘The church is not an NGO but a love story’

February 21, 2025
By Elizabeth Scalia
OSV News
Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Commentary

The ongoing lesson of the crucifix is that sometimes disturbing things are permitted so that something great might be enabled to occur.

What is Catholic social teaching?

February 20, 2025
By OSV News
OSV News
Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Commentary

Catholic social teaching is one of the tools given by the church to guide us in living this call. Founded in Scripture and developed further through a series of papal documents, the social teaching of the church provides direction for how we are to live with our neighbor.

A Eucharistic Word: Embodied

February 19, 2025
By Michael R. Heinlein
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist

Much of our “practice” of Catholicism is cooperating with God’s grace so that the Word is made flesh in us.

Question Corner: Why can’t the church offer a completely gluten-free host?

February 19, 2025
By Jenna Marie Cooper
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist, Question Corner

It is true that actual wheat must be used in a valid celebration of the Eucharist, but there are still ways to receive holy Communion even as a Catholic with a severe gluten intolerance.

Family is where we learn to serve the least among us

February 18, 2025
By Laura Kelly Fanucci
Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life

Family is the way that we learn to love, serve and humble ourselves over and over again to care for Christ in our midst.

Documenting Jesus

February 17, 2025
By Carole Norris Greene
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary

Here in the United States, the threat of facing mass deportation due to the absence of proper documentation does not have to be faced alone.

Look to the skies

February 17, 2025
By Scott P. Richert
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary

When we experience the beauty of a sunset and that yearning in our soul, we may grasp for just a moment what it means to be made in the image and likeness of God.

Pan of egg, sausage, peppers and cheese casserole

Breakfast Casserole Time

February 16, 2025
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

Warm, hearty breakfasts are perfect for wintry days.

Russia’s sacrilegious war on Ukraine 

February 13, 2025
By George Weigel
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference, War in Ukraine

Those responsible for devising U.S. foreign policy should recognize how that train wreck helps define Russia’s ongoing assault on Ukraine, even as it conditions any resolution of the war worthy of the name “peace.”

Who are Ss. Cyril and Methodius, the other Feb. 14 saints?

February 13, 2025
By J.J. Ziegler
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Saints

Not as widely known in the United States as St. Valentine are two other saints at the top of the list on Feb. 14, and recent popes have repeatedly sought to draw greater attention to them.

Question Corner: Is a person divorced due to an abusive marriage unable to receive Communion?

February 12, 2025
By Jenna Marie Cooper
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner

Divorce only becomes an obstacle for receiving the sacraments when a divorced Catholic attempts to remarry civilly without having had their first marriage declared null by a Catholic marriage tribunal.

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