On Friday, in a long-awaited decision on a law banning most abortions after 15 weeks in Mississippi, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it has overturned the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade (1973) and ...
As we celebrate Independence Day, Catholics, Christians and all citizens of the United States should ask themselves: Where does freedom come from? As the Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board writes: “That our true freedom is ...
Over the course of his nine-plus years as pontiff, Pope Francis has strongly and consistently spoken about the sin of gossip. It is “an act of terrorism, akin to dropping a bomb,” he said in ...
On the feast of Corpus Christi, the U.S. bishops will officially launch the National Eucharistic Revival. The Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board addresses how the success of the revival does not depend on the bishops ...
In the not-so-distant past, stating publicly that the victims of tragedies — such as mass shootings — would be included in one’s thoughts and prayers was seen as an act of love. Now, though, writes ...
In April 2002, with the U.S. Church reeling from the Boston Globe scandal that unveiled historic cases of sexual abuse by priests, a delegation of American cardinals were called to the Vatican to meet with ...
In a few short weeks, on Corpus Christi Sunday, June 19, the Church in the United States will embark on a National Eucharistic Revival, a three-year journey to deepen our devotion to Christ’s physical presence ...
As we near the end of the first quarter of the 21st century, our current era is fraught with challenges for people of faith. In so many ways, our society is adrift, writes the Our ...
Seven years ago this fall, the United States played host to the eighth World Meeting of Families. Held in Philadelphia, the weeklong celebration of “the family fully alive” wrapped up with an outdoor Mass celebrated ...
Each year during Mass on the second Sunday of May, in parishes across the country, priests mark the celebration of Mother’s Day by asking all of the mothers in the church to rise to their ...