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CUA’s president discusses Catholic identity, challenges in higher education and AI
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CUA’s president discusses Catholic identity, challenges in higher education and AI

Charlie CamosyOctober 6, 20258 min read
Peter Kilpatrick, president of The Catholic University of America, recently spoke with OSV News’ Charles Camosy about how the university is meeting these challenges and growing in recent years.
Beauty as truth?
BooksCommentary

Beauty as truth?

Leonard J. DeLorenzoOctober 3, 20254 min read
Sarah Clarkson’s book, “This Beautiful Truth: How God’s Goodness Breaks into Our Darkness,” is a remarkable corrective to our persistent urge to “make sense” of evil and suffering.
Silence in a noisy world
CommentarySaints

Silence in a noisy world

Effie CaldarolaOctober 1, 20253 min read
The noise of this world makes a home in our minds. God’s soft, silent sounds live in our hearts. We all need more silence.
Celebrating the holiness of St. Teresa of Avila
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Celebrating the holiness of St. Teresa of Avila

J.J. ZieglerOctober 1, 20257 min read
More than five centuries after her birth, we can ask this Carmelite reformer to help us travel the paths of joy, prayer, fraternity and time in our own pilgrimage to God.
Question Corner: Why won’t the church grant me an annulment after my husband had an affair?
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Question Corner: Why won’t the church grant me an annulment after my husband had an affair?

Jenna Marie CooperOctober 1, 20254 min read
The goal of the church’s nullity process is to determine whether there was some problem or issue at the time of the wedding that was serious enough and of such a nature so as to prevent a true marriage from ever being contracted in the first place.
How might Archbishop Iannone, new prefect for the Dicastery for Bishops, shape the role?
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How might Archbishop Iannone, new prefect for the Dicastery for Bishops, shape the role?

Michael R. HeinleinSeptember 30, 20257 min read
The biggest indicator of how Pope Leo might govern the church so far can be found in the Sept. 26 appointment of Archbishop Filippo Iannone as then-Cardinal Prevost’s successor as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops.
Leah Libresco Sargeant on her new look at femininity in ‘The Dignity of Dependence’
BooksCommentaryRespect Life

Leah Libresco Sargeant on her new look at femininity in ‘The Dignity of Dependence’

Charles C. CamosySeptember 29, 20255 min read
Is the world “the wrong shape” for women? Leah Libresco Sargeant, author, family policy expert and mom of three, makes that case in her new book “The Dignity of Dependence: A Feminist Manifesto.”
It rolled off the table and onto the floor…
BlogCommentaryOpen Window

It rolled off the table and onto the floor…

Rita BuettnerSeptember 27, 20253 min read
Even though we had all been friendly enough earlier, the whole mood changed. We were no longer simply diners in the restaurant.
Do animals go to heaven?
Commentary

Do animals go to heaven?

Paul ThigpenSeptember 24, 20257 min read
Whatever the case, we probably do well to allow children to leave this particular question open. Perhaps the best answer would be to affirm that if, by God’s help, they go to heaven, they will carry their pets with them in their hearts.
Question Corner: Can parishes lock doors after a school Mass begins for safety?
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Question Corner: Can parishes lock doors after a school Mass begins for safety?

Jenna Marie CooperSeptember 24, 20254 min read
A church building is a sacred space that is open to the public by its very nature. The faithful fundamentally have a right to join in the prayer conducted in a church building since it is, in a sense, their spiritual home.
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