National
What Do We Love When We Love America?
“Glory be to God for dappled things — For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim.” — Gerard Manley Hopkins, […]
National
New Briefs: February 22, 2026
Pope Leo XIV Explains Why Catholics Fast During Lent VATICAN CITY (OSV News) – Pope Leo XIV is calling Catholics to rediscover the power of fasting this Lent, saying the […]
Perspective
How to Change Our Society in Crisis
We are a society in crisis. There is no other way to describe the fact that, in the past month, three young men, aged 16 to 23, have either killed […]
Perspective
100 Days of Pope Leo
During the homily at his inauguration Mass, Pope Leo XIV said: “I was chosen, without any merit of my own, and now, with fear and trembling, I come to you […]
Perspective
The Atrocity Against Humanity in Gaza Must End
War always brings unimaginable human suffering. But the images coming out of the besieged Gaza Strip as the war between Israel and Hamas inches toward October’s two-year mark urge us […]
Perspective
Even though the Pope Is Home, Don’t Stop Praying for Him
(OSV News) – The world rejoiced on Sunday, March 23, when Pope Francis was released from Gemelli Hospital in Rome after 38 days. God be praised, he seems to be […]
Perspective
The Catholic Witness We Need Now
(OSV News) – If there’s anything we know from the first several weeks of the second Trump administration (let alone from his first term), it’s that the next four years […]
Perspective
National Championship Proclaims Truth that Transcends Football
In a culture whose leaders often seek to privatize religious belief and marginalize expressions of faith, the college football national championship showdown between Notre Dame and Ohio State told a […]
Perspective
Don’t Let Jubilee Year 2025 Pass You By
On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis ushered in a gift to the Church that comes once every 25 years: a jubilee year, this year themed “Pilgrims of Hope.” Jubilee celebrations have […]
Perspective
Catholics and the Next Four Years
Former President Donald J. Trump, defeated after his first term in November of 2020, is once again President-elect Donald J. Trump – a feat only one other man has pulled […]
Perspective
After One Year of Suffering in the Middle East, Here’s How to Help
Monday, October 7, marked the grim one-year anniversary of the latest war in the Middle East, the date when the Hamas Palestinian terrorist organization attacked Israel out of the blue, […]
Special
New Movie Tells Story of Coach Fired after Praying
By Katie Yoder An upcoming movie promises to tell the story of a former high school football coach whose First Amendment case concerning his right to pray on the field […]