It is with a very heavy heart that I share with you the news of the passing of Robert P. Lockwood, longtime columnist for Our Sunday Visitor — and so much more. Bob died on Monday, March 4, in the comfort of
Two months before leaders of episcopal conferences worldwide gathered at the Vatican for a ground-breaking summit on clergy sexual abuse, organizers of the event sent letters to the participating bishops encouraging them to meet with victims of sexual abuse ahead of the
In 2014, a study was released by the journal Science that concluded that people would rather subject themselves to physical pain than be left with only their thoughts for company. An online report by Nadia Whitehead outlines the premise of the experiment.
Right now, God-willing, I’m about 11 weeks shy of giving birth to my second child. It’s an exciting, nerve-wracking, wondrous time, all wrapped up into one. Like most expectant parents, the one question my husband and I have gotten the most, by
As events were just getting underway for World Youth Day in Panama City, two U.S. bishops on Jan. 23 addressed the elephant in the room — the resurgence of the clergy sexual abuse crisis over the last year. According to a report
For many years, in the final issue of the each month, Our Sunday Visitor has published the Holy Father’s prayer intentions on this very page of the newspaper. And I know we have loyal followers of this small but mighty feature, because
The birthrate in America has so slowed that we are no longer making enough babies to replace ourselves, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in a report Jan. 10. And while the fertility rate has been on the decline for
In August 2011, I had the great privilege of attending World Youth Day in Madrid, Spain. It was many wonderful things, but it was also very, very hot. Climate is one of the reasons why this year’s World Youth Day, taking
There is rarely anything uplifting about young death. Young death is a tragedy, a heartbreaking result of our fallen world, and God our Father only knows the reasons behind it. Over this year’s Christmas holiday, young death most unfortunately visited a family
From the earliest days of the Church, followers of Christ were called to evangelization. The Gospel of Matthew chronicles the commissioning of Jesus’ disciples when he says to them: “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go,