Msgr. Owen F. Campion is OSV’s chaplain.
Monsignor Owen Campion looks at the religious affiliation of the nominees for president and vice president and their position on issues across the board and wonders: Do their churches matter? He writes: “Their views and past experiences are quite different, but taken
Monsignor. Owen F. Campion looks at the downward trend of religious participation in some European countries. He writes, “This time is coming soon for the Church in the United States. American culture more and more spurns institutional religion, in virtually all forms.
In his latest column, Monsignor Owen Campion addresses the differences between the American and Canadian schools, specifically regarding public aid to religious schools. Though Canada is firmly committed to the separation of church and state, it is an obvious right in the
Monsignor Owen Campion, in his latest column for Our Sunday Visitor, reflects on the life and the vocation of Father Val Peter, the longtime director of Boys Town USA who died at the age of 85 on June 30. While his work
While many were surprised that conservative Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch sided with the majority in the recent decision to extend antidiscrimination law to protect LGBT employees, justices on the high court for generations have been hard to predict based on their
In his latest column, Monsignor Owen Campion writes that history indicates that the law, the courts, political officials and the police all too often have been harsh, to put it mildly, in dealing with African Americans. He adds it would be helpful
In his latest column from Our Sunday Visitor, Monsignor Owen Campion explores what the Church and the world have learned from Benedictine monks throughout the ages. He writes that Benedictines were the experts, the learned and the informed, and they shared their
A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, a respected analyst of popular opinion, recently discovered that a quarter of Americans who identify themselves as religious say that the COVID-19 pandemic has strengthened their faith, while only 2% say that their faith
In his latest column for Our Sunday Visitor, Monsignor Owen Campion looks at the case of Cardinal George Pell, whose abuse conviction was recently overturned by Australia’s High Court. Monsignor Campion writes that “all the events surrounding the case, including the emotions,
In his latest column for Our Sunday Visitor, Monsignor Owen Campion reflects on the tragic nature of the coronavirus pandemic and how it has forced us to think about our own mortality, but also has forced us to think about our priorities