The Wind Is Reading My Book June 13, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window That’s how I feel about my parenting life these days, that time is flying and the plot is unfolding, and I’m just along for the ride. Sometimes the pages are turning so quickly that I can barely see what’s happening—it’s that fast.
A two-fold approach to listening to survivors June 13, 2024By Sister Carino Hodder OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Commentary The call to listen is in danger of becoming an empty slogan if we do not take the time to stop and think about what, exactly, this listening involves.
10 things that make for a great Catholic dad June 13, 2024By Cory Busse OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life As we celebrate Father’s Day on June 16, pick one or two of the following practices that will make a big difference for your family, and start doing them.
Archbishop Wenski: CCHD challenges cannot undermine fundamental mission of program June 12, 2024By Archbishop Thomas Wenski OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Commentary, Social Justice CCHD works “to break the cycle of poverty by helping low-income people participate in decisions that affect their lives, families, and communities. CCHD offers a hand up, not a handout.”
Question Corner: Is my friend ‘dead’ in Christ due to her irregular marriage status? June 12, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner There are ways to work out complicated irregular marriages so that a person can regain a full sacramental life in the church, but every situation is unique and comes with its own set of concerns and nuances.
The top 10 Catholic cities to visit in America June 10, 2024By Marion Amberg OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Take to the highways and the byways this summer and visit the wonderful monuments, marvels and miracles of America’s Catholic faith!. It’ll rev up your faith and be a road trip you won’t soon forget.
The joy of finding the missing cheese June 8, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window When we lose something—or think we’ve lost it—we treasure it that much more.
Immigration decision: legalization or deportation, the choice before us June 7, 2024By Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration There is a choice before the American public and its leaders in how to resolve the immigration situation. Our national conscience and heritage are at stake.
A refuge for parents? Find it deep within the Sacred Heart June 6, 2024By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life The Sacred Heart is rather like the Cabinet of Curiosity featured in several of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books — a mysterious structure no one fully understands yet everyone instinctively knows is vital to the proper functioning of, well, all things.
Summer media survival tips for parents June 5, 2024By Sister Hosea Rupprecht OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Youth Ministry In our technology-obsessed world, it’s a challenge for adults to find a good balance between tech-based activities and other stuff. It’s even more difficult for kids whose devices seem to be grafted onto their arms.
Question Corner: What is church teaching on yoga and reiki? June 5, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Health Care, Question Corner Catholics should not practice or receive reiki, because it would be inappropriate, if not spiritually dangerous, for a Catholic to seek out purely supernatural healing apart from Christian prayer or the sacraments.
Simone Weil on obligations, rights and the need for roots after 75 years June 5, 2024By Kenneth Craycraft OSV News Filed Under: Commentary This theory of individual rights is not merely incompatible with the Christian doctrines of solidarity and common good, but contradictory to them.
