When the impossible turns out to be possible (or how I earned a grad degree) May 24, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window How wonderful it is to realize that what seems impossible might actually be possible—whether through divine intervention or by picking up the pieces every day and taking another step on the journey of life.
Knights’ success built on founder’s desire for charity May 23, 2024By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Knights of Columbus Father Michael J. McGivney was just one more of that band of hardworking Irish-American priests who spent themselves building up the church in America in the latter years of the 19th century. But in one truly extraordinary respect, he was unique:
Four days in May reveal one deadly but unifying factor in the Catholic Church May 22, 2024By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Thanks to both social and mainstream media, these four days exposed a striking, ungodly amount of noisy Christian infighting to the rest of the world.
Question Corner: Can voting for a politician in a particular political party be sinful? May 22, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Commentary, Question Corner Catholics are called to vote according to their well-formed conscience so as to support the dignity of human life in all areas.
Harrison Butker and JPII on the dignity and vocation of women May 21, 2024By Emily Zanotti OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Commentary While traditionalists, conservatives and often Catholics, may be tempted to dismiss “feminism” out of hand, Pope John Paul II reminds us that women are in fact equal in dignity and called to all sorts of vocations and involvement.
Invoking John Paul the Great May 21, 2024By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference Last month’s anniversary Mass was something of a grand recapitulation of the John Paul II years.
Meeting Jesus at midnight or in the wee small hours May 20, 2024By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary One need no longer hold a cold and lonely vigil at a locked door because — thanks to what used to be called “new media” — monasteries and diocesan adoration chapels from all over the world maintain live streams of the Blessed Sacrament for remote adoration, whereby the energy of the Christ is transmitted through energy both housed and in the ether, to encounter our own.
The ‘Warm Tornado’: and the delights of your Spirit May 17, 2024By Father J. Collin Poston Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary Jesus desires to heal us in both body and soul.
Rolling out the red carpet: Jesus on the big screen May 17, 2024By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Movie & Television Reviews As a columnist with a case for press credentials in the Catholic space and a close friend in public relations, I’ve attended a few movie premieres. But I had never been to a “Red Carpet” event until the one held for “Jesus Thirsts: The Miracle of the Eucharist,” a new limited theatrical release documentary.
Ripley and Rupnik May 16, 2024By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Commentary Caravaggio’s victims are long gone. But living, breathing women whose lives have been drastically impacted by Rupnik live on. It’s time to honor them.
We belong to each other May 15, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window We are born with hearts that are designed to love. We are created to be members of families and communities. We are intended to be neighbors—and not just to the people we know and love, but to everyone.
Question Corner: Does an obligation to attend Mass on Ascension Thursday include those traveling outside the diocese? May 15, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner The holy days of obligation you are actually bound to observe as a Catholic depend on what your local bishops’ conference (the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in the United States) has decided to do.
