Question Corner: Are parish priests allowed to do confirmations? May 18, 2026By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner The short answer is that while the Latin (a.k.a. “Roman”) Catholic Church normally envisions a bishop as being the minister of confirmation, there are some scenarios where a simple priest is able to celebrate this sacrament.
Cardinal Gibbons: Baltimore’s effective advocate for American Catholicism’s Americanization May 16, 2026By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Commentary In a long, fruitful career as leader of the American hierarchy, Cardinal Gibbons combined diplomacy, patriotism and a canny understanding of human nature in a manner that made him the most effective advocate before or since of the Americanization of American Catholicism. To him more than anyone, the Catholic Church owes both the advantages and the unintended consequences of assimilation into American secular culture.
The Final School Lunch May 14, 2026By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Forever ago—or maybe it was just the other day—I packed a lunchbox for my 4-year-old to take to school.
A surprise painting May 14, 2026By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church “I love thinking of how God was watching, guiding us toward one another, always knowing how it would come together. He must have enjoyed seeing how we connected over a much-loved painting of a little girl and a dog.”
‘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.
