Celebrating the class of 2024 May 30, 2024By Greg Erlandson OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Coronavirus I am going to be more than a little interested to see how the graduating class of 2024 turns out, but in my mind, theirs may be our Resilient Generation.
Question Corner: Is logging Mass attendance for Catholic school discounts aligned with canon law? May 30, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner These days, it can be expensive to run a Catholic school, but at the same time Catholic education should be accessible to those who are striving to raise their children in the faith.
Summoning the heroes May 29, 2024By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference These heroes will never be memorialized by a John Williams composition. But their courage was nonetheless just as moving – and as indicative of the nobility of which human beings are capable – as that of any Olympic athlete.
Chicken noodle soup and the Holy Trinity May 25, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window What a wonder that our infinitely loving and all-powerful God is ready to encounter us, whether as Father, Son, or Holy Spirit.
Understanding Pope Francis, women and holy orders May 24, 2024By Deacon Dominic Cerrato OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments While the universal Synod may continue to discuss the possibility of ordaining women to the diaconate, Pope Francis’ clear and emphatic statement to Norah O’Donnell renders that discussion moot.
When the impossible turns out to be possible (or how I earned a grad degree) May 24, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window How wonderful it is to realize that what seems impossible might actually be possible—whether through divine intervention or by picking up the pieces every day and taking another step on the journey of life.
Knights’ success built on founder’s desire for charity May 23, 2024By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Knights of Columbus Father Michael J. McGivney was just one more of that band of hardworking Irish-American priests who spent themselves building up the church in America in the latter years of the 19th century. But in one truly extraordinary respect, he was unique:
Four days in May reveal one deadly but unifying factor in the Catholic Church May 22, 2024By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Thanks to both social and mainstream media, these four days exposed a striking, ungodly amount of noisy Christian infighting to the rest of the world.
Question Corner: Can voting for a politician in a particular political party be sinful? May 22, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Commentary, Question Corner Catholics are called to vote according to their well-formed conscience so as to support the dignity of human life in all areas.
Harrison Butker and JPII on the dignity and vocation of women May 21, 2024By Emily Zanotti OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Commentary While traditionalists, conservatives and often Catholics, may be tempted to dismiss “feminism” out of hand, Pope John Paul II reminds us that women are in fact equal in dignity and called to all sorts of vocations and involvement.
Invoking John Paul the Great May 21, 2024By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference Last month’s anniversary Mass was something of a grand recapitulation of the John Paul II years.
Meeting Jesus at midnight or in the wee small hours May 20, 2024By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary One need no longer hold a cold and lonely vigil at a locked door because — thanks to what used to be called “new media” — monasteries and diocesan adoration chapels from all over the world maintain live streams of the Blessed Sacrament for remote adoration, whereby the energy of the Christ is transmitted through energy both housed and in the ether, to encounter our own.
