Eyes on Christ November 18, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary, Feature I never did walk on water that summer long ago. But I learned that the true miracle is not defying gravity. It is allowing Christ to steady me when I sink, to calm the storms swirling around me and draw me into worship even in the midst of chaos.
What does World War I have to do with the solemnity of Christ the King, which marks a century this year? November 15, 2025By D.D. Emmons OSV News Filed Under: Commentary On the last Sunday of the liturgical year, Catholics celebrate the solemnity of Christ the King. A relative newcomer to the church calendar — established in the 20th century — this feast is designed to give special recognition to the dominion Christ our Lord has over all aspects of our lives.
A Piece of the Big Host November 13, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window I love when I walk up for Communion, hold out my hands for the Eucharist, and the priest gives me a piece of the host that he has just consecrated.
Sportsmanship and the season of our discontents November 12, 2025By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, Sports, The Catholic Difference The deterioration of our games is part and parcel of the deterioration of our culture. And as politics is downstream from culture, end-zone ridiculousness and similar self-aggrandizing debaucheries in other forms of entertainment have inevitably leaked into politics like a poison.
Speaking out against unjust laws amid mass deportations November 11, 2025By Archbishop Thomas Wenski OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration To be a just man or woman is to be a person who turns outward to other people seeing them as God sees them, which is of course with perfect and unwavering charity.
A pastoral reflection on voting rights and the call to justice November 9, 2025By Bishop Joseph N. Perry OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Racial Justice The church consistently teaches that all persons have both a fundamental right and a responsibility to have their voice heard in the public square, to promote human dignity and build the common good of society. Pope Leo XIV reiterated as much in his recent exhortation,”Dilexi Te.”
See You There November 6, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window I never know what to say, but I know how to be present. And I have to hope that that’s enough.
Question Corner: How many vocations are there? November 6, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Vocations It’s important to keep in mind that the concept of “vocation” is ultimately not about sorting ourselves or others into boxes, but rather is about discerning and embracing God’s will for us in our own unique life situation — whether or not that fits tidily into one of the above-mentioned categories.
No king but Christ November 5, 2025By Kenneth Craycraft OSV News Filed Under: Commentary At the bare minimum, it means that we subordinate all claims of political authority to the Lordship of Christ.
Newman and the new ultramontanism November 5, 2025By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, Saints, The Catholic Difference The irony of Newman being given this rare honor just now lies in the fact that the unity of the Church is threatened by recrudescent ultramontanism: not the old, 19th-century reactionary model, but a new hybrid combining Catholic progressivism in the realm of ideas with liberal authoritarianism in Church governance.
Answered prayers, new beginnings November 4, 2025By Nicolas Holland Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Vocations Independence, new faces and the weight of discernment can be overwhelming. But through prayer, adoration and reception of the Eucharist, I’ve learned to trust that I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be.
At my doorstep November 4, 2025By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Feature, From the Archbishop In his first exhortation, “Dilexi Te” (“I Have Loved You”), Pope Leo XIV wrote movingly of Christ’s love for the poor and of our calling as Catholics also to love and serve the poor. His exhortation hit home personally.
