The Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board consists of Father Patrick Briscoe, OP, Gretchen R. Crowe, Matthew Kirby, Scott P. Richert and York Young.
The Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board writes: For years now, especially during national election cycles, American Catholics have been politically homeless. Once a major voting bloc, Catholics in the United States have found themselves increasingly facing a hostile political landscape, uncomfortable with
The teaching of the Catholic Church highly stresses the value and dignity of every human life, and it bestows upon Catholics the responsibility to care for all human beings from conception to natural death. This is why a recent joint venture by
Nearly one year ago, Catholic leaders from around the globe attended what was hailed as an unprecedented global summit on clergy sexual abuse. Approximately 200 bishops, observers and other leaders spent four days in conversation, consultation and prayer concerning the crisis that
Catholic education in the United States is needed now more than ever before. That’s a big statement, but we believe it is also an accurate one. The editorial board writes that, in the 21st century, the U.S. Church is in need of
The Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board writes, It was lauded as “powerful,” “moving” and the expression of a “crucial truth,” but, in reality, Michelle Williams’ pro-abortion acceptance speech during the 2020 Golden Globes on Jan. 5, the feast of the Epiphany, was
Ten years ago, a seven point zero magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti. The Catholic Church and other organizations swiftly responded. Now, as Haiti endures a new crisis not highlighted in the media, the Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board encourages people to once again
This week’s editorial discusses the values that once, not all that long ago, were commonly espoused by society now are shunned as antiquated and bigoted. What are Catholics to do, then, when faced with a culture that is so divorced from the
The Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board looks at two recent statements that seem to contradict each other on the pastoral accompaniment for those who have chosen to die through assisted suicide. But true mercy, writes Pope Francis, “must lead others ever closer
Meeting Jesus is the first step to ending division in our Church and our world. The Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board writes: “Growing in relationship with him is a lifelong journey. Sharing him with others is our calling. And is there any
The Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board writes: “Our frenzied, black-and-cyber consumerism of the season formerly known as Advent draws us away from our preparation for the coming of Christ at Christmas — and, even more importantly, for his second coming at the