When I make beef vegetable soup, I am incapable of making the right amount for our family of four. We always end up with extra. So, after I made a pot of soup this week, I texted my sister to see if she’d like some for her, her husband, and their six children. Treasa wrote […]
Commentary
Pope St. John Paul II: Witness to the world
John Paul was an ecumenical and interreligious innovator.
Question Corner: Can I attend a non-Catholic wedding?
If a Catholic attends a clearly invalid wedding in the normal festive spirit, they are celebrating something which is, at least objectively “on paper,” a falsehood.
Loving sinners, admonishing sin
If the Cross of Christ shows us anything, it is that loving sinners requires a willingness to suffer.
God really loves me
This year’s Rite of Election in the Archdiocese of Baltimore was beautiful. The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen was filled to overflowing. Nearly 800 catechumens and candidates for reception into the church were joined by their godparents, sponsors, families and friends.
‘Put no trust in princes’
We as Catholics are asked to assess how Christian or moral an administration is not by its members or its rhetoric, but by its actions.
‘The Chosen’ Season Five sets the table for Holy Week
While it began as an independent crowd-funded series, “The Chosen” has now become a global phenomenon as the most watched series in the world.
10 reasons to come back to the Catholic Church
Most people discover that coming back to the church is not an event as much as it is a process that involves a little pain, a little laughter, some thinking, some prayer, some discernment and a lot of letting go.
God never gives up on us
The door to that future is always open for us: it is the door of the confessional where sins committed after baptism are forgiven.
Question Corner: Are there any saints who had a difficult relationship with the church?
There have been many canonized saints who were treated very badly by church leaders of their day, through no fault of their own.
Princeton’s Robert George reflects on ‘Evangelium Vitae’ 30 years on
Robert P. George, McCormick professor of jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, recently spoke with OSV News’ Charlie Camosy about how St. John Paul II’s encyclical “Evangelium Vitae,” released 30 years ago, provided a pro-life vision that remains relevant today.
A gender reveal party and the Annunciation
As the lunch came to a close, she brought out the gender reveal cake. I have never been to a gender reveal party, but I love any reason to celebrate a new little one.