Msgr. Owen F. Campion is OSV’s chaplain.
Columnist Monsignor Owen Campion explains how the overlooked St. Roch’s church in Paris testifies to the French Catholic influence on America. The church is the burial place of Admiral Francois Joseph de Grasse and was the location of the wedding of the
OSV chaplain Monsignor Owen Campion takes a look at the context behind the study document on papal primacy and synodality recently issued by the Vatican. Campion argues that, for Catholics, proper ecumenism need not involve a watering down of the Faith, but
Columnist Monsignor Owen Campion encourages Americans to look to Britain’s recent parliamentary elections as an example of political civility. He also argues that as recently as the death of Senator John McCain, such civility was the norm in American politics. He concludes
When the Belgian parliament voted to allow abortion in 1990, King Baudouin I faced a decision between ratifying the law and his Catholic Faith. The King held firm to his convictions and was temporarily deposed. Eventually, public opinion came around, and the
Monsignor Owen F. Campion reminds American Catholics about why they should celebrate June 1: the date marks the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1925 decision in Pierce v. Society of Sisters. He describes how the ruling saved Catholic schools and ended a
Monsignor Owen Campion writes about the changes in religious vocations over the decades. Unlike in the past, new priests today face cultural conventions and have pursued careers and considered marriage. Anyone thinking about a vocation is curious about what works in others’
Monsignor Owen Campion writes about the bravery of priests who sacrificed their lives to minister to those on the Titanic as well as soldiers on the battlefield during various wars. He emphasizes that, just as Catholics in danger of dying went to
Monsignor Owen Campion remembers the horrifying murder of Father John J. Jackson in 1981 in Jackson, Tennessee. The priest’s widowed mother, he writes, forgave her son’s murderer and pled for his life. He concludes: “Every human life, without qualification, is sacred. Church
Monsignor Owen Campion writes that “When any human being is abused, mistreated or downgraded, bad things happen.” He points to the ongoing violence in Gaza, involving two peoples with legacies of being abused, and tells the history of the two-state solution. He
Responding to recent confusion about the Church’s teaching on organ donation, OSV chaplain Monsignor Owen Campion clarifies that the Church lauds organ donation, but that Catholic bioethicists caution about the importance of ascertaining death. With medically assisted — and perhaps mandated —