Pope Leo’s Tears at Mass August 17, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window As Pope Leo XIV lifts the host during the Consecration, you can see his eyes filling up. He swallows, and he seems to be holding back tears.
Mary’s assumption: The long-held belief was declared dogma 75 years ago August 14, 2025By Father Richard Gribble OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marian Devotion The feast of the Assumption, possibly the oldest celebration of the Virgin Mary, is rooted in the tradition of Christian practice, supported by magisterial teaching and defined as one of four Marian dogmas.
Images of Mary: Can we find the Blessed Mother in the Old Testament? August 13, 2025By Father Dwight Longenecker OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marian Devotion Throughout the Old Testament the prophecies of Christ the Lord come to us through individuals, signs and symbols. The prophecies of Mary his mother, the apostles and the church, as well as the sacraments, are all hidden there.
How public opinion can influence migration policies August 13, 2025By Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration These days, public opinion is usually formed by the media in all its forms, and any negative portrayal of migration issues seems to affect public opinion in a special way.
Question Corner: Is it simony that my parish wants to charge a fee for having a funeral livestreamed? August 13, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner The church does have material needs that arise in the course of her spiritual mission. And so it is not simony to accept or request donations on the occasion of the celebration of the sacraments, as long as it is understood that such a donation is truly a free-will offering and not a condition for the sacrament’s administration.
Reckoning with empire: A Catholic critique of American foreign policy in a nuclear age August 11, 2025By Jason Adkins OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Commentary Catholics are called to be peacemakers. That means advocating for a multilateral foreign policy rooted in the Gospel: One that protects life, prioritizes the poor, respects other cultures and renounces war as a tool of domination.
We’re at the beach. Let’s go see the sunrise August 10, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window The world was full of magic and wonder, and God—God was everywhere. And he was certainly with us on the beach, welcoming us into a new day, inviting us to see it for the gift it is.
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.
