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Question Corner: How do God’s will and the Holy Spirit play a role in a conclave?

April 24, 2025
By Jenna Marie Cooper
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner

The solitude and isolation of the conclave is meant to foster almost a retreat-like atmosphere, which should make it easier for cardinals to listen to the promptings of the Holy Spirit.

How we have known Pope Francis since 2013

April 23, 2025
By Elizabeth Scalia
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Remembering Pope Francis

As we absorb the news of Francis’ death and anticipate his funeral and then the conclave gathering to elect a new pontiff, here is a quick look at how we have come to know Jorge Bergoglio over these past 12 years.

Pope Francis rides by a crowd outside Catholic University in 2015

5 Lessons Pope Francis Taught Us

April 22, 2025
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Remembering Pope Francis

​Weeks ago, when it became clear that Pope Francis’ health was failing, I thought I had come to terms with the possibility of him passing away. When I woke up to the news that he had died, however, I realized I wasn’t prepared at all. Yes, we knew he was elderly and battling double pneumonia. […]

Lessons of suffering in the ‘Stabat Mater’

April 21, 2025
By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Commentary

What the “Stabat Mater” conveys, the sorrows of Mary witnessing the crucifixion of her son, is worth pondering.

Walking the Emmaus road as a family

April 21, 2025
By Laura Kelly Fanucci
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Easter

The road to Emmaus reminds us that Christ goes with us everywhere, walking and talking among us: in our conversations and debates, in ordinary meals and sacred liturgies, in journeys near and far. Our hearts burn within us, too, whenever we realize he has been right next to us all along.

Beyond the veil

April 20, 2025
By Scott P. Richert
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Easter

As we leave the 40 days of Lent behind us and once again boldly shout “Alleluia!” in the joy of Christ’s Resurrection, may we make a conscious effort this Easter season to set aside our childish literal-mindedness and search for the symbols in our lives that allow us a glimpse beyond the veil of this material world to the kingdom that is both yet to come and, in Christ, already here.

A basket filled with faith: Eastern Europe Easter tradition explained

April 19, 2025
By Katarzyna Szalajko
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Easter

Holy Saturday is one of those days when the church, though liturgically silent, speaks volumes through signs.

Carlo Acutis: Computer programmer, Eucharist devotee, first millennial saint

April 17, 2025
By Meg Hunter-Kilmer
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Saints

Blessed Carlo Acutis had a PlayStation. He made awkward videos with his friends. His favorite cartoon was “Pokémon.” And on April 27, he will be canonized a Catholic saint.

A Eucharistic Word: Habit

April 17, 2025
By Michael R. Heinlein
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist

As any parent will understand, praying well at Mass with three children is not easy — or sometimes, even possible.

Question Corner: Can my friend’s annulment case be sped up so she can enter the church at Easter?

April 16, 2025
By Jenna Marie Cooper
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner

We should keep in mind that the church sees the process of Christian initiation as a spiritual journey, not as an academic year with a deadline for “graduation.”

Looking toward the dawn at Easter

April 16, 2025
By Effie Caldarola
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary

It’s difficult to think of laughter when you see the suffering of the men who languish, none of them having access to due process, in a brutal foreign prison. But as Christians we are called to hope, even in the midst of night.

Welcome home

April 16, 2025
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Easter, The Domestic Church

The miracle of Easter shows that anything and everything is possible for God, and that even death does not have the final word.

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