Michael R. Heinlein is editor of OSV's Simply Catholic and author of "Glorifying Christ: The Life of Cardinal Francis E. George, O.M.I."
Change looms on the horizon for the American hierarchy. And the anticipation continues to build as the appointment of Latin Church bishops in the United States has seriously stalled out over the last year or so.
With Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki turning
The church now has an opportunity to take action to ensure that other parishes don’t suffer the fate of St. Patrick's. Now is the time for parishes to realize more fully the wisdom of the church's funeral rites -- to see our
At Christmas, let us pray that we can be found like the shepherds. May our encounters with the eucharistic Lord, the same as the encounters as the shepherds with the babe in the manger, cause others to ask, as inquired of the
Legendary Irish singer Daniel O'Donnell readily admits that he doesn't write many songs. But two that he has written came to him almost as inspired works when he was on pilgrimage in 2002.
"When I went to Medjugorje, I didn't intend to write
Michael Heinlein and his family made a recent visit to the new museum at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland. He has always been drawn to St. Elizabeth’s story. He remembers how it fascinated him as a
BALTIMORE (OSV News) — Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio is just beginning his second year of his three-year term as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. He sat down with OSV News during a break at the fall general assembly of bishops in
A well-known quote from St. John Chrysostom appears in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (No. 1397): “You have tasted the Blood of the Lord, yet you do not recognize your brother … You dishonor this table when you do not judge
Test your knowledge on a variety of faith topics and see how you score! How much do you really know about our Catholic Faith — our saints, our Scripture, our holiest places and so on? This summer — maybe on a family
For more than four years, the office of the attorney general in Illinois has been looking into clergy sexual abuse. The report released May 23 shows that, since 1950, hundreds of priests abused nearly two thousand children. However, one piece of information
None of us is immune to sickness and death. All of us will experience it ourselves, and we experience it in different ways with those around us. It would do all of us well to be more fully aware of what resources