Msgr. Owen F. Campion, Our Sunday Visitor’s chaplain and a native of Nashville, reflects on the recent tragic shooting there that saw three adults and three children killed. It was the 39th school shooting in the United States this year, he writes.
Monsignor Owen Campion writes that “few sections of Scripture have been debated, discussed and disputed as often, and as intensely, as the first chapters of the Book of Genesis … the story of how humanity, the earth and all things came into
Pope Francis recently commented about the possible need to make exceptions to the norm in the Roman rite of ordaining only unmarried men to the priesthood. Some in the secular media took his comments totally out of context, writes Monsignor Owen Campion:
OSV chaplain Msgr. Owen F. Campion writes about the story of Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker and his devout Catholic faith. It has been well-covered in the media that Butker is an altar server at his parish, which uses the Tridentine
In his latest column, OSV chaplain Msgr. Owen Campion looks at the state of legal abortion in the United States and reminds readers that while last year’s Dobbs decision was a win for pro-life supporters, it didn’t make abortion illegal — “in
What is the Vatican doing about clergy sex abuse when cases are reported today, asks Monsignor Owen Campion, chaplain of OSV. What is the pope doing? Does he take sex abuse seriously? Do the bishops? Are they really doing something about it?
OSV chaplain Monsignor Owen Campion writes about President Joe Biden’s recent trip to the border and why we need to talk about immigration. During his trip, the president met with Bishop Mark Seitz of the El Paso Catholic diocese: “When he met
Monsignor Owen Campion looks back at the tremendous legacy of faith Pope Benedict XVI left to the Church and the world: “It is reported that, with his final breath, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI murmured, ‘Lord, I love you.’ It was a last
As we approach the feast of Epiphany, Monsignor Owen Campion recounts the importance of the Magi’s journey to greet the Christ Child in Bethlehem — and how they sought the signs of God and followed them: “Finding the answer, and finding God,
With the coming of Advent and the Church’s new liturgical year, readings of the Gospel of Matthew will be featured during weekend Masses. Monsignor Owen Campion explores the history of the Gospels and what makes Matthew’s Gospel unique: “Matthew’s Gospel divides its