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.
Building the team June 3, 2024By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, From the Archbishop, Seek the City to Come Sustainable parishes are being formed that will have what it takes to offer a full range of pastoral services and to evangelize the neighborhoods they are in, while continuing ministries of service.
Pope Francis’ CBS interview is surprisingly and refreshingly clear June 2, 2024By Gretchen R. Crowe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Vatican Stressing openness and mercy, Francis’ emphasis has been on welcoming everyone into the church, and if a mess is made along the way, so be it.
Get to know 10 American minor basilicas June 1, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Of the approximately 1,800 minor basilicas in the world, the United States is home to 93, most recently the Basilica of St. Andrew in Roanoke, Va., which received its designation in September 2023.
Want revival? The Sacred Heart shows us what it takes June 1, 2024By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist To sustain authentic spiritual revival, our hearts must be like Christ’s.
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.
