After taking off throughout the Diocese of Owensboro, a marriage enrichment program is expanding to other dioceses and parishes around the United States as leaders seek ways to embrace the Vatican's proposal of a catechumenal model for marriage formation.
The program, called Grace
CAMDEN, N.J. (OSV News) — On Christmas morning of 2022, Mariah received a gift for her and her unborn child. Since learning she was pregnant last year, she had, for the most part, been alone. “The baby’s father and I broke up
Bill Dodds discusses grace and three considerations of grace, writing " First, the dark side of this "compound interest" business. Sin builds on sin." Second, he says, "through grace, by grace, we can catch a glimpse of what, of who, we were
A new video of world-renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli singing “Amazing Grace” to fans in New York City’s Times Square has attracted more than one million views. Bocelli, a Catholic, delivered his performance on March 23 as part of the official launch
Writer Kenneth Craycraft examines Phil Klay’s short story “Fire in the Furnace” through a Catholic lens — one that is of particular relevance during the season of Lent. Klay tells the story of a Marine who feels guilty about the sins of
None of us is immune to sickness and death. All of us will experience it ourselves, and we experience it in different ways with those around us. It would do all of us well to be more fully aware of what resources
OSV publisher Scott Richert recalls a night 36 years ago when he wandered the cold and lonely streets of Lansing. Michigan. Having drifted away from the Faith, Richert recalls that he found shelter from the cold inside a Catholic parish: “What all
In a touching tribute following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, writer Elizabeth Scalia looks at the quiet strength and graceful stability exuded by the late leader: “Elizabeth was of a deeply stable generation, serious and pragmatic, part of a demographic trained
OSV columnist David Mills looks closely at a friendship that had dissolved, writing: “I spend some time at every Mass thanking God for my friends, bringing to mind a picture of each one as I pray for them, partly as a way
In the life of every Christian, but especially of priests, God's love and forgiveness are the greatest rewards, and any attempt to seek one's own glory plays into the hands of the devil, Pope Francis said.
With some 1,800 priests concelebrating and renewing