On Sept. 19, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops released a “sythesis” report drawn from hundreds of local listening sessions related to the ongoing Synod of Bishops on synodality. Bishop Daniel E. Flores, chair of ...
Enjoying the new Amazon series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” Father Patrick Briscoe writes that one episode of the show opens with a song that contains the lyric, “Not all who ...
OSV publisher Scott Richert continues his series exploring how we as Catholics are called to live Eucharistic lives. This time, Richert focuses on the significance of the sanctuary lamp, which signals to all the presence ...
Kathryn Jean Lopez reflects on welcoming children at Mass, especially those who are fussy. She cautions against the glares that many may throw at the family of a fussy child: “Think before your glare. There ...
A reader asks Msgr. Charles Pope to clear up confusion about Genesis 3:15, as it can be hard to figure out whether it is Jesus or Mary who struck at Satan’s head in the verse, ...
In this week’s Opening the Word, Father Joshua Whitfield discusses the joys of capturing wonder and thanksgiving. He writes: “With our awe and thankfulness, we share in that same thing: in God’s contemplation of creation. ...
In his latest column for Our Sunday Visitor, contributing editor Russell Shaw writes that with Vladimir Putin threatening a nuclear response if Ukraine brings the fighting into Russia, it’s time for all sides — Ukraine ...
Columnist David Mills looks at the need for the faithful to cultivate a sense of gratitude for the things they have — not only as a way to take stock of their blessings, but so ...
Four in 5 Catholic parishes in the Netherlands are in financial trouble, Dutch News reported last November. And in the (nearly) one year that’s passed since that report, the situation for Dutch Catholics has not ...
Recently returned from a pilgrimage in Francis, Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, recalls his experience traveling to the remarkable church Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy — a fitting site as we prepare for ...
