It was during Mass one weekend in May that tears were first spotted streaming down the face of a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe located at a church of the same name in Hobbs, New Mexico. According to the Las Cruces
The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh as the new justice of the U.S. Supreme Court means that, should he be confirmed, Kavanaugh would replace Justice Anthony Kennedy as the fifth Catholic on the court, joining Samuel Alito, John Roberts, Sonya Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas.
The online magazine Slate recently published a piece by a young woman considering seeking excommunication from the Catholic Church. It was an interesting read, well-written and personal. It was also, as you can imagine, oh, so very sad. Throughout the piece, the
When one thinks of Marian apparitions, it is natural for the mind to jump to Fátima, or Lourdes, or La Salette, or even Knock, Ireland, where Pope Francis will visit in August while he is in the country for the World Meeting
Members of the Catholic Press Association recently convened in Green Bay, Wisconsin, for the annual Catholic Media Conference — the best part of which was a group visit to the Marian apparition Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help (more about that
I remember asking my parents one time, if there was a Mother’s Day and a Father’s Day, why wasn’t there a “Children’s Day?” My dad looked at me, laughed and said, “Every day is children’s day!” How true. Such is the sacrifice
A convening like no other took place June 4-6 at Georgetown University. Hosted by the school’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, “Though Many, One: Overcoming Polarization through Catholic Social Thought” was an intense, exhausting and exhilarating exercise in finding
According to our metrics, the most-read story on OSVNews.com in the last week was our recent faith story asking if gossip is still a sin even if you’re telling the truth. I loved that it was so popular — it shows that
Nothing beats a road trip. The excitement of planning. The car games. The singing. The stopping for snacks and to see the sights. Probably like yours, my family spent a lot of time traveling by car. In fact, I never flew until
I really wasn’t going to write about the royal wedding. I really, truly wasn’t. But that was before all of us watching were taken to church by Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church Michael Curry on live, global television. Before I continue,