Charlie Kirk, Iryna Zarutska and the conversations we need to have September 11, 2025By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Gun Violence Assassination is a tragedy for our country and for humanity. In this case it raises the flame beneath a pot that had already been simmering and is now dangerously close to boiling over. We must pray for peace, and for a reckoning that rids us of senseless violence once and for all.
Question Corner: Does a person’s mortal sin prior to becoming Catholic follow him or her until confession and absolution? September 10, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner When in doubt, bring it up in confession anyway. If a person does bear the guilt of a sin committed in their pre-Catholic life, the priest will be happy to grant absolution.
Crabs and conversation September 10, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church When we crack claws and pluck crab meat over brown paper, we do it patiently and with joy for the process and the time together. Perhaps we can bring that same patient joy to our hopes for God’s work in our life.
Search for the true cross September 10, 2025By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints The story behind the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is a fascinating mix of history and legend. In 326, 80-year-old St. Helen travels to the Holy Land with a grand and enduring purpose: To find the true cross, the one on which Jesus had been crucified.
Let’s make America serious again September 10, 2025By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference Has the Great Republic lost the capacity for serious public debate? Why is American politics dominated by the screamers and the vulgarizers? Where are the adults in the room?
Cal Ripken, Carlo Acutis, Pier Georgio Frassati, and Heroes in Our Lives September 8, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Uncategorized As we marked the anniversary of Cal breaking the streak, lots of those decades-old emotions came back.
Keeping it real September 8, 2025By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, From the Archbishop AI has made it more difficult to perceive what is real and what is unreal in the virtual world. And it has made it easier for its users to be deceived.
The sounds of silence September 5, 2025By Greg Erlandson OSV News Filed Under: Commentary People like us who come to visit the properties have the same quiet demeanor one finds in a cemetery. We walk among ghosts.
Question Corner: What is church teaching on openness to kids in marriages between older adults? September 4, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life, Question Corner In order to marry in the Catholic Church, a couple does need to be at least open to life in principle — but it is not a requirement that children necessarily be foreseen as a realistic possibility in the intended union.
Helping kids and teens cope with the threat of school violence September 3, 2025By Joseph D. White OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Schools Tips for parents on managing children’s worries about school shootings
AI tips for students September 3, 2025By Sister Hosea Rupprecht OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Schools As students of all ages return to the classroom, educators are faced with all the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technology that can help or hinder their students’ learning.
Time for college move-in day August 31, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window I don’t want to say I’ve become a college move-in enthusiast, but I love our nieces and nephews, and I love visiting college campuses.
