Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has announced the U.S. bishops will join the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops May 1 in consecrating the two nations to the care of the Blessed Mother
Pope Francis entrusted to Jesus' mother the suffering and anguish of millions of people affected by the coronavirus pandemic. In a video message broadcast March 11, the pope prayed before a portrait of Our Lady of Divine Love, beseeching her to "not
Belief in the bodily assumption of Mary into heaven is universal in the Eastern, Western and Orthodox Churches; no one doubts this. However, the exact historical details are sketchy, including the location — Jerusalem or Ephesus. While Mary lived in Ephesus with
The notion that women must support abortion has "become part of the cultural air that we breathe," author Carrie Gress told Our Sunday Visitor. While this was not always the case, abortion has been labeled as the solution for women's problems --
This week’s editorial discusses the values that once, not all that long ago, were commonly espoused by society now are shunned as antiquated and bigoted. What are Catholics to do, then, when faced with a culture that is so divorced from the
Mary remains one of the most common and moving subjects in the history of art. Although we hear very little about her in the Gospels, her life has been imagined by countless artists throughout the centuries. Here, Our Sunday Visitor takes a
We pray it as part of the Liturgy of Hours, and we hear it proclaimed in the Gospel reading on the feast of the Visitation -- May 31 -- but I'm not sure most Catholics stop often enough to think about what
Question: When we go to confession, the priest usually gives a penance of saying prayers such as the Our Father or Hail Mary. Why should saying such beautiful and moving prayers be a penance? We should be thrilled to say these prayers
Question: In Col 1:24, we read about our sufferings “filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ.” What does it mean that something was lacking in Christ’s affliction? Does this refer to redemptive suffering and, if so, is the service
The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 12 is a Mexican tradition that has extended throughout the Americas. In the United States, it has also been adopted by many people from Central and South America, among others. This popular feast