Poland's bishops have pledged dialogue with their country's new liberal government, but leading Catholics warned that government plans for rapid secularizing change could spark conflict as the ruling coalition plans to limit religious classes in public schools and abolish the state Church
The ousting of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House of Representatives is a low point in recent American politics, regardless of one's political affiliation. Our Sunday Visitor columnist Russell Shaw writes, that as the presidential election approaches, it's clear that it
Pro-life groups pushed back on the White House's support of a Department of Defense policy of providing paid leave and travel reimbursement for service members seeking abortions.
Jeanne Mancini, president of the national March for Life organization, told OSV News July 20 that
An 18th-century prayer for the government composed by the first U.S. Catholic bishop is still relevant today, according to Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore. “The prayer of Archbishop John Carroll is timeless in elegance and its completeness and evinces a deep
Is there a specifically Catholic angle on the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank failures? Catholics, who belong to the Church that is an “expert on humanity,” should at least be able to see things straight — which begins with a
Ahead of the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, Monsignor Owen Campion addresses the challenges that the Church will face by having a Catholic in the White House who will work toward policies that go against Church teaching. He writes: The
In his latest column, OSV Publisher Scott Richert asks: What if you woke up tomorrow and found that the office of the presidency no longer existed? Would your life change in any meaningful way? In looking at how the Church understands the
Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw turns to Saint Thomas Aquinas as he seeks to find answers in the difficulties of impeachment. Shaw writes: “Saint Thomas’s treatment does make it clear that voting either to impeach or not to impeach shouldn’t