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Commentary

Impact of DOGE cuts on migrants, refugees

July 16, 2025
By 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, 2025
By 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.

confirmation

Sponsors – for life

July 15, 2025
By Carole Norris Greene
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Commentary

I will never forget the day I arrived early at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen for the confirmation of my dear friend’s only son, David, in May of 2018. I had been thrown for a loop when his mother, with the full support of his father, honored me by inviting me to stand with him as his sponsor. 

Listen for God this summer

July 15, 2025
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, The Domestic Church

The Loyola School started with a seed of an idea from Jesuit Father William Watters, who has brought such vision and commitment to Jesuit education for children in Baltimore over the decades.

The virtue of patriotism

July 14, 2025
By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary

When we willingly serve those with whom we share a common life and a common good, all our relationships are reordered and directed toward charity. The love of neighbor expressed as authentic patriotism can bring this transformation to a societal scale.

Sculpture of St. Rita and St. Therese with a cross and holy water font at the center sits on a table

A Gift and a Connection to the Past

July 13, 2025
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

Earlier this year, my husband John mentioned that his cousin Terri had something she wanted to give to me. He showed me a photo of a sculpture that included statues of St. Rita of Cascia and St. Therese of Lisieux.

Expert discusses serious harms of smartphones for children and how to limit their use

July 11, 2025
By Charlie Camosy
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary

Worried your kids are spending too much time on their smartphones? Beyond the time-wasting concerns, recent studies show frequent smartphone usage is linked to mental health issues, addiction and more.

Cupcakes with 2025 graduation toothpicks in them and a bowl of cookies

Our 31-hour Road Trip

July 6, 2025
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

We drove more than 450 miles, spent more than 10 hours on the road, and did almost everything we wanted to along the way.

St. Paul and discovering that sin is ‘missing the mark’

July 3, 2025
By Elizabeth Scalia
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary

Utterly life-changing was the day I learned that the Hebrew word most frequently used for “sin” (hhatah) is understood by scholars to mean “missing the mark.”

Six lit candles on a chocolate birthday cake

Making a birthday wish come true

June 29, 2025
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

A few days before the big day, my sister—the birthday girl’s mom—invited us to join them. She happened to mention that her daughter was hoping to have “Aunt Rita’s Dip” that day, too.

Pilgrims of Hope: Walking the Way of St. Francis in the Year of Jubilee

June 26, 2025
By Father Evan Ponton
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Uncategorized

Together “we seek the city to come” – not Baltimore, not Assisi, not even the “eternal city” of Rome – but the City of God, the new Jerusalem. Take courage. We are pilgrims of hope

The fisherman and the pharisee

June 25, 2025
By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Saints

Peter and Paul could not have been more different from each other. But the liturgical wisdom that brought these two towering saints together in a shared feast underscores the fact that the church needed both the fisherman and the Pharisee — and still does.

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