Msgr. Owen F. Campion is OSV’s chaplain.
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 —
Pope St. Paul VI's historic 1964 visit to the Holy Land marked the first time a pope had traveled to the region since St. Peter, writes Msgr. Campion, energizing a world fraught with division by exemplifying the potential for reconciliation and hope
Not long ago, Easter was a time for purchasing a new set of clothes, which many would then show off in Easter parades. New clothes publicly stated that, in celebrating Easter after faithfully observing Lent, the wearer truly was a new person.
Since the early Church, baptism has been essential to the life of believers. St. Paul underwent baptism despite having had a miraculous conversion on the road to Damascus. Baptism means death to sin, once symbolized by immersion in a river, with its
In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court set Roe aside with the Dobbs decision and returned the situation to where it was in 1972 before Roe was decided. The move left an important question unanswered, are the unborn persons? The recent decision
Walk into any Roman Catholic church in the world, and just beside the door will be a pedestal on which is placed a bowl containing holy water. By habit, everyone entering or leaving the church dips his or her fingers into the
Ancient Christians wanted to know Christ, to imitate Christ, to feel the presence of Christ in themselves and, most of all, to understand better what the Lord’s sacrificial death on Calvary meant for them and for the world. Like them, we spend
The contemporary crisis of sexual abuse extends beyond celibate Catholic clergy to denominations, such as the Southern Baptists, where leaders are often spouses with children. Our Sunday Visitor chaplain Monsignor Owen Campion traces the issue to our current “anything goes” philosophy of
After Christmas, things go from hectic to boring quickly, at least until New Year’s and the bowl games come along. Here is a way to change dullness to fascination. Pick up a Bible. Most households have one. If not, go online. Then,
Among American Catholic priests are heroes too often unsung: military chaplains. Through two centuries of warfare and peacekeeping, priests serving as chaplains in the armed services have been a lifeline for the enlisted. Our Sunday Visitor columnist Monsignor Owen Campion recounts the