When Our Sunday Visitor was invited to be part of a delegation from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to Ukraine, covering the ongoing war with Russia in that country’s eastern and southern regions was not something foremost on the minds of
As further revelations emerge in the case of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s sexual abuse, not only of a minor but allegedly of numerous young seminarians and even priests subordinate to him, the Church in the United States once again has been shaken to
Marking the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, Blessed Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical upholding the traditional teaching of the Church on marriage and family life, might seem to some like picking at an old wound that has never fully healed — evidenced
For the second time in two years, the Supreme Court is in search of a new justice. In April 2017, conservative justice Neil Gorsuch was confirmed. Now, with the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, a new confirmation process soon will be under
It’s been more than 16 years since the clergy sexual abuse crisis in the United States erupted, yet the Church continues to reel from the brutal consequences of this contemptible cancer. This time, it took down someone at the top. Cardinal Theodore
In mid-June, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and various other U.S. bishops joined others across the religious and political spectrums in calling for an end to Trump administration immigration policies that include the separation of
The shocking deaths of fashion designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain within days of each other in early June shone a renewed light on the issue of suicide. And new statistics from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, released that
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, upholding the religious freedom claim of a baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, may have been decided by a failure to grasp what
The serpents have returned to Ireland. In a bold and forceful statement, more than two-thirds of Irish voters May 25 cast ballots in favor of legalizing abortion on demand for a baby up to 12 weeks’ gestation. The following day, when the
Three U.S. bishops had high praise May 18 for two U.S. governors who they said were “keeping kids first.” The bishops were Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, who chairs the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and