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Commentary

Exploring the growth of Catholic classical liberal arts education

January 30, 2025
By Charlie Camosy
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Schools

Jay Boren, headmaster of St. Benedict Classical Academy since 2015, sees cultivating wisdom and virtue in the pursuit of truth and conformity to Christ as the final purpose of Catholic classical education.

Question Corner: Is non-alcoholic church wine valid for consecration?

January 29, 2025
By Jenna Marie Cooper
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Worship & Sacraments

Canon 924 is telling us that the wine, which is to become the blood of Christ, must be something that can truly be considered “wine” in a strict sense.

5 things to know about the sacrament of reconciliation

January 27, 2025
By OSV News
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments

Here are five things you might not know, others you once learned but perhaps forgot, and inspiration to recommit daily to seeking closer friendship with God through repentance and fighting sin, wherever it is found.

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Cherish the Time

January 25, 2025
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

“But I remember those wonderful days with my boys in the house,” she said. “Cherish that time.”

Total immersion

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

Catholic Christianity isn’t an extracurricular, or even a program of instruction. Nor is it merely a way to live our lives. Following Christ is life, and it comes with a language and culture all its own.

The power of a ‘nudge’ to pray

January 24, 2025
By Laura Kelly Fanucci
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary

Learning about the power of the nudge can help us make — and keep — new habits.

The missionary imperative of Catholic health care

January 23, 2025
By Jason Adkins
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Health Care

More Catholics stepping into and supporting Catholic health care professionals who are living the mission, as well as living in solidarity with others through health-sharing organizations, can be antidotes to the increasing depersonalization of health care.

Rethinking immigration: An alternative to mass deportation

January 22, 2025
By Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration

Before we turn to massive deportation programs, which are not only costly but also disruptive to society and especially family unity, perhaps a program to heal the wound of undocumented migration in our country should be attempted.

Question Corner: What is a consecrated virgin?

January 22, 2025
By Jenna Marie Cooper
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Vocations

Consecrated virginity is a unique vocation for women in that it is centered in the local diocesan church rather than a particular group or religious community.

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Ask for What You Need

January 19, 2025
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

Whatever is on your heart today, whether it seems insurmountable or insignificant, whether it’s for you or for someone you love, you can bring it to Jesus — directly or through his mother.

A Eucharistic Word: Holiness

January 18, 2025
By Michael R. Heinlein
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist, Saints

Truly in the Eucharist, as the saints came to know, we find the answer to our searching, the satisfaction to our yearning, the meaning of it all.

In this holy mystery

January 16, 2025
By Scott P. Richert
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments

With our eyes reopened by the Fathers, we can now see that meaning hidden in plain sight in “the mysteries of the Rosary” and in “the mystery of Faith” in the eucharistic prayer in the Mass.

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