Question Corner: Does reception of the Eucharist replace confession? July 23, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist, Question Corner Confession is a different sacrament with its own distinct focus, and it would seem to be pastoral common sense that those seeking specifically the forgiveness of any kind of sin would most fruitfully do so in the sacrament that was “custom built” for that purpose.
A Miracle for a Baby in Rhode Island (and for all of us) July 22, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window We have all hoped and prayed for miracles. No wonder we get excited when we hear that the Vatican has confirmed one.
Kids need lots of people who love them July 21, 2025By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Youth Ministry From lifelong commitments to the children we love, to volunteering with kids who need extra support, to simply opening our hearts to the delightful (if sometimes distracting!) presence of the young church with us at Mass, God gives us many ways to care for the children in our lives.
A parenting lesson in the Mary and Martha story July 20, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Uncategorized Relationships are unique. We connect with each person in a distinctive way, meeting them where they are. We don’t talk to Mary the same way we talk to Martha.
Pope Leo XIV champions media literacy July 20, 2025By Sister Hosea Rupprecht OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Journalism, social media Teaching media literacy is a formational imperative for Catholics, especially those charged with the religious education of the young.
A sower of light in the shadows July 19, 2025By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Commentary, Vatican Pope Leo stressed the importance of integrity, authenticity and transparency in the life of priests — antidotes to the double life that some priests have lived.
Creation, human and divine July 18, 2025By Scott P. Richert OSV News Filed Under: Commentary We can, in other words, move beyond our bubble, to become more than ourselves — or, rather, to become the selves that we were always meant to be, because we were created by God and redeemed by His Son and sanctified by His Holy Spirit — all realities in which no AI can ever share, no matter how much it might, through a combination of increasing accuracy and (ironically) “hallucination,” come to mimic human consciousness.
Mahmoud v. Taylor: A Supreme Court victory for parents, freedom July 17, 2025By Jason Adkins OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court In a momentous decision that has far-reaching implications for the future of public education and religious liberty in the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Mahmoud v. Taylor that parents, not the state, hold the primary right to direct the upbringing and education of their children.
How and why to laugh like a saint July 17, 2025By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints Hearing that Ignatius’ rooms were full of laughter is a good reminder at a time when so many Americans are feeling anxious. We are, after all, in a Jubilee year of hope. We are Pilgrims of Hope. But I, like many, struggle with hope.
Question Corner: Can we bring the Precious Blood to the sick? July 16, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist, Question Corner The church does in fact allow Holy Communion under the form of wine to be taken to the sick in some cases.
Impact of DOGE cuts on migrants, refugees July 16, 2025By Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, DOGE cuts, Immigration and Migration As a former director of the U.S. Bishops’ resettlement program from 1985 to 1992, I can state that cuts are endangering the lives and welfare of some migrants and refugees.
Remember common decency in immigration enforcement July 15, 2025By Archbishop Thomas Wenski OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration houghtful observers of the challenges facing our country cannot help but recognize that serious reforms are necessary to preserve safety and the integrity of our borders, as well as to accommodate needs for labor, family stability and the ability of those at risk of grave harm to migrate.
