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.
New law will help families access America’s Catholic schools July 30, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Schools The groundbreaking new law deserves accolades for its recognition of the rights of parents, but there are significant questions about how it will be implemented at the federal and state levels
Our faith is not afraid of questions July 25, 2025By Brett Salkel OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Scripture is clear, then, that questions are good and necessary for seeking the truth and that we must be wary of dishonest questions.
Artificial Intelligence, wholeism and prayer July 24, 2025By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Through our human brokenness we carry our imperfect comprehensions into every part of that wholeism. So, if we permit our understanding of authentic love to be messed with, we will participate in the shattering of our own foundations.
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.
