Msgr. Owen F. Campion is OSV’s chaplain.
Monsignor Owen Campion explores the failure in five states on Election Day to restrict access to abortion: “No analysis so far has revealed how Catholics voted overall, but considering the numbers supporting abortion on demand, some Catholics, probably many, wanted no limits
On Monday, a high-ranking Catholic prelate in France, Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, retired archbishop of Bordeaux, confessed that he sexually abused a teenage girl 35 years ago. In a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Msgr. Owen F. Campion writes: “Not to be
Monsignor Owen Campion writes that many thought that if the Supreme Court would overturn its 1973 ruling on abortion, the issue would be settled — both morally and legally. “That hunch has not transferred into fact,” Msgr. Campion writes. “So, for the
As the world approaches the 60th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis, OSV chaplain Monsignor Owen Campion writes that the world was very much on edge in October 1962, fearing that nuclear war was imminent. “Approaching desperation … President Kennedy contacted Pope
Action taken by the Flemish-speaking bishops of Belgium to provide a formal liturgical blessing for same gender unions is confusing at best, shocking at worst, according to Monsignor Owen F. Campion. He writes: “It is hard not to say that this new
With the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, Monsignor Owen F. Campion, chaplain for OSV, recalls the legacy of the long-ruling monarch. He writes: “The passing of Queen Elizabeth II ends an era. In what was to be her last,
Monsignor Owen Campion, OSV’s chaplain, looks at the challenges that lie before those who minister the Faith on college campuses today. He writes: “Catholic campus ministries are vital. Students arrive on campus, most living away from home for the first time, curious
Monsignor Owen Campion explains in his column about the women recently appointed to the Dicastery for Bishops: “News in midsummer was the pope’s appointment of three women — two Italian nuns and one French layperson — as full members of the Vatican’s
Monsignor Owen Campion looks at the decline of American Catholicism and how it might be following the trends of European and Latin American Catholicism from decades back: “Threats to the vitality of the Church in Europe 70 years ago, in large part
OSV chaplain Msgr. Owen Campion writes about the similarities between today’s Mass and the one celebrated by early Christian communities in the first centuries of the Church. Included is the kiss of peace at Mass, during which we greet our neighbors. While