"See you in the story." This is the promise of literature and liturgy. The familiar tales we tell to children over generations and generations. The living Word we proclaim as a church, pulsing and breathing whenever we speak it aloud and share
This summer's National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis will provide a "Steubenville conference" experience for teenagers, while parents with children can expect full-family formation in a track designed to engage adults and kids together, according to congress leaders.
Planned for July 17-21 at Lucas
DUBLIN (OSV News) -- Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has conceded that his government was defeated "comprehensively" when voters rejected amendments to the constitution that the country's Catholic bishops warned would have weakened supports for marriage and undermined motherhood. Opinion polls showed
According to the prevailing view in American law and politics, the family has no natural state or structure. Rather, like all other human relationships, the family is mere convention; it is a human invention that is as open to alteration or change
A constitutional referendum scheduled for March 8 could weaken the incentive for young people to get married, Ireland's bishops have warned.
A second vote to be held on the same day will, if passed, delete all references to motherhood from the foundational document,
After an unexpected pregnancy announcement, a father reflects on the blessings that come with a large family despite the concerns and doubts.
The United States will soon face a severe demographic crisis. This crisis, which will have disastrous consequences for our infrastructure and economy, has economic, societal and religious roots. Thus we need a three-pronged solution. The Our Sunday Visitor editorial board lays out
The popular 1988 song by Tracy Chapman, “Fast Car,” is back in rotation and Luke Combs, who is currently successfully covering it, got to sing it with Chapman at the Grammys in recent days. Yet current interpretations of the lyrics seem to
Liz Fiordalisi still remembers when her son, who cannot speak with words, revealed what makes him most anxious. “Christopher spelled ‘missing Mass,’” she said, sharing her amazement from last year. “For him to say that, now that he said that, it’s like,
In his latest Letter to Parents, Leonard DeLorenzo addresses how parents’ witness to the Eucharist impacts their children. DeLorenzo’s father attended daily Mass. He writes: “The most important thing he did for us, though, was that he went to Mass every morning.