Sometimes when a message comes my way, I don’t know whether God really means to send it to me.
A Little Less Like Me
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Uncategorized
Commentary
The baby at Mass
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church
Each of us has times when we are that squirming, fussing child at Mass.
A look ahead at the Supreme Court’s fall term
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life, Supreme Court
When the Supreme Court opens for business again Oct. 7, it will have before it for argument and eventual decision in the term ahead at least three cases directly involving the protection of children and young people.
A Eucharistic Word: Reception
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist
The Holy Eucharist is a treasure beyond compare, deserving our safeguarding and protection. We should and must be vigilant to ensure the Eucharist is not abused or desecrated.
We cannot follow Jesus and sidestep the cross
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary
The road of discipleship is the way of the cross. Embracing it is the secret path to holiness — and there is no other.
Question Corner: Are fairies and leprechauns demonic? And what happened to Barabbas?
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
The church does not have any current official teaching on fairies or leprechauns. However, in traditional folklore, fairies and leprechauns were not the sweet and playful creatures that they tend to be in our modern depictions, and they have an association with pre-Christian European paganism.
Underground railroad
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Racial Justice
Although many Americans were abolitionists, particularly the Quakers, or Friends, it’s scandalous to us now to admit that many Christian churches were complicit in profiteering from slavery, the Catholic Church being no exception.
Pray and Do Not Worry
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window
It was late afternoon, and my son and I were running late for an appointment—again. As we walked across the parking lot, a woman approached us. “Would you help me?” she said. I could see the distress in her eyes, and I could tell she really did need help. She pointed to her car, which […]
A Catholic’s guide to voting
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2024 Election, Commentary
Voting: It is one of our most important responsibilities as citizens. Indeed, the church teaches that there are three primary responsibilities of all citizens: to pay taxes, to defend their country and to vote.
Reflecting with St. Edith Stein on the nature of women
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Saints, Vocations
Catholics today grapple with the role of women in the workforce as well as the role of the woman who is single by choice or circumstance.
Question Corner: Is the annulment process just a way to get around the church’s prohibition on divorce?
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life, Question Corner
In order to ensure that declarations of nullity are not simply “rubber stamped” or “cop outs,” the church has a specific process, carried out through the ministry of diocesan marriage tribunals, for investigating whether or not a marriage was invalid.
Are you a media apostle?
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Journalism, social media
The push to constantly create can take its toll on a person and his or her relationships, both with others and with God.
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