As more employers across the country are mandating that their workers be vaccinated against COVID-19, more employees are seeking an exemption to the requirement on religious grounds. In a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor, professor and lawyer Kenneth Craycraft responds to
Sister Theresa Aletheia Noble, who is the author of several books on the practice of memento mori — or remembering death — writes that during the current pandemic it is imperative that Catholics reflect on their own mortality, giving them the opportunity
Few things are more unnerving than the spread of a disease in epidemic or pandemic proportions. In such a time of uncertainty, it can be tempting to give in to fear and panic. A better response for Catholics, though, is one that
When public Masses in the Archdiocese of Washington were suspended in efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Father Scott Holmer, pastor at St. Edward the Confessor Parish in Bowie, Maryland, got creative about bringing the sacraments to his local community.
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington announced March 17 it has closed its doors to the public in response to the Centers for Disease Control and District of Columbia's guidelines "and to support the efforts of
From the Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board: These are strange days. As Americans, we are used to our freedom, which allows us to do what we like, when we like it — even to our own detriment. No questions asked. So when
At the beginning of the year, assistant editor Ava Lalor resolved to visit Jesus in the Eucharist every day. Now, with Masses becoming unavailable to the public and adoration chapels closing their doors, Lalor is even more determined to continue this practice
Lisa Hendey writes that with many families engaging in prescribed “social distancing” as the coronavirus reaches pandemic levels, managing screen time will be the new norm for the foreseeable future. It’s good to know that many of the online streaming services offer
In pandemic-unnerved America, we're all shut-ins now. In another time, just about any city of a certain size had television station that offered a Sunday morning "Mass for Shut-Ins." With the advent of digital communication, there are many ways to watch Mass
In his latest column, Monsignor Owen Campion tells the story of the Daughters of Charity, who staffed a hospital in New Orleans for patients diagnosed with Hansen’s disease — or leprosy, as it’s commonly known — after nobody else was willing to
Dioceses have canceled masses or dispensed the faithful from their Sunday obligation because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Parishes are empty, and they may be for some time to come. This does not mean that parish life is suspended; in fact, writer