As Poles commemorate the 80th anniversary of the death of Blessed Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with their seven children, the world, six months into their beatification, is stunned to learn about the martyrs from the village of Markowa, who are already working
God can surprise us with gifts of profound grace in the midst of illness and inconvenience. Our Sunday Visitor columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez recounts how an unexpected sickness during a trip to Rome brought spiritual restoration by allowing her to see Jesus’
Maria do Carmo Borro Barbosa always suspected that her son Cristiano would become a priest. When she was pregnant, she consecrated him to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Forty-seven years later, she, her husband, Antonio Dias Barbosa, and their other son, Alexandre Fabricio
Flannery O'Connor was not an evangelist. She was an artist, one of the most gifted American fiction writers of the 20th century. But a profoundly Catholic theological vision informs her art, giving her stories resonance and depth that sound deep -- and
Celebrating the conversion of Shia LaBeouf is a moment for us to encourage and celebrate with all converts to the Faith. Our Sunday Visitor editor Father Patrick Briscoe reminds us that Our Lord’s Gospel message is about the hope of conversion at
Karen and Kevin Beaton have lived through the loss of two of their six children. Independent tragic circumstances claimed the lives of their five-year-old daughter, Christine, in 1982 and their adult son, Colin, in 2018 at the age of 31. "In my
KOPER, Slovenia (OSV News) -- A former Jesuit priest dismissed by the order for sexual abuse has apparently been incardinated in a diocese in his native Slovenia, according to multiple media reports. Father Marko Ivan Rupnik -- a renowned mosaic artist who
In a prelude to the upcoming National Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage, Father Gregory Pine, a distinguished Dominican friar known for his eloquence and scholarly achievements, took a moment to reflect on the profound significance of the Rosary in his own life and within
Be ready for Mass on the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Father Joshua Whitfield reflects on the parable of the landowner who hires laborers for his vineyard. The parable teaches us something about the inscrutable justice of God and the strange calculations
After taking off throughout the Diocese of Owensboro, a marriage enrichment program is expanding to other dioceses and parishes around the United States as leaders seek ways to embrace the Vatican's proposal of a catechumenal model for marriage formation.
The program, called Grace