‘Congratulations!’ What moms want to hear in facing challenging or unexpected pregnancies May 10, 2026By Molly Sheahan OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Marriage & Family Life, Respect Life Jess Echeverry knows how it feels to face pregnancy and motherhood alone. She experienced trauma, homelessness and three unexpected pregnancies before age 22.
Dorothy Day: Catholic Worker founder pioneered a faith-based alternative to secularist progressivism May 9, 2026By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Commentary Dorothy Day was co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement and longtime editor of the penny-a-copy newspaper of the same name. From the mid-1930s to the early 1980s, she preached radical Christianity and no less radical social activism to a sometimes appreciative, sometimes puzzled, sometimes angry audience of American Catholics.
The Mom Friends You Need May 8, 2026By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Before becoming a mother, I had no idea how important my relationships with other mothers would be.
Mary’s interior freedom May 8, 2026By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Feature, Marian Devotion Among the many beautiful feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the Visitation. This year it falls on a Sunday and so won’t be celebrated in the liturgy. Nevertheless, it should not be passed over in silence. Among its important lessons is the beauty of interior freedom – Mary’s interior freedom.
Bench to brilliance May 7, 2026By Mark Viviano Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, In The Game, Sports When Mark Scallion arrived at Mount St. Mary’s, the former high school star found himself sitting on the bench. Instead of giving up, he embraced a new role — and made college basketball history in the process.
In the garden May 5, 2026By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary It’s spring. Let’s take our prayer to the gardens where we hear the voice of someone who promises never to leave us alone, and who calls our name in the shadowy dawn.
Question Corner: Can a Catholic date a person whose marriage has not been annulled or is this a sin? May 5, 2026By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life, Question Corner Our belief in the absolute permanence of marriage is rooted in what Jesus himself taught us in St. Matthew’s Gospel…
Father John Courtney Murray: Advocate for cooperation between church, state May 2, 2026By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Commentary By all odds, the distinguished intellectual landmark in the project of integrating Catholicism and Americanism is “We Hold These Truths: Catholic Reflections on the American Proposition,” a collection of essays published in 1960 by the theologian Jesuit Father John Courtney Murray.
In thanksgiving for the gift of baptism April 30, 2026By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Saints, The Catholic Difference Participation in the “communion of saints” is one of the great gifts conferred in baptism. As I give thanks for the gift of my baptism seventy-five years ago, it is incorporation into this “great cloud of witnesses” (Hebrews 12:1) for which I am particularly grateful.
An overnight trip to see an off-off-off-off-off-off-Broadway musical April 29, 2026By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Back in the fall, my sister Maureen reached out to tell us that her son, a junior in high school, had landed an actual role in his school musical.
What the Easter Scriptures teach us about how to live as family April 28, 2026By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life What goodness of God, to give the gifts we need: extra time, real companions, rich stories and relentless grace. In the family of faith, even in our hardest days, we are never alone on the road.
Question Corner: Am I obligated to do my penance right away for my confession to be valid? April 28, 2026By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Now it occurs to me that since I didn’t say my penance right away, my confession was invalid and I shouldn’t have received Communion at Mass. Is this a new sin I need to confess?
