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Why Censoring Classic Books is Not the Way Forward

“I  don’t believe in that,” widely censored author Judy Blume scoffed in a recent interview with Variety magazine, responding to news that Puffin Books would revise Roald Dahl’s works. Dahl […]

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What to Make of the Great Synodal Debate

The Catholic Church today can, in an important sense, be described as a Church in upheaval. A significant part of that reality arises from the fact that the Church does […]

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One year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine

From the first moments of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the Church in the United States united in praying for a swift, peaceful resolution to the […]

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Africa Is Not the Future, It Is Today

By the Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board  Often European and American Catholics cite the Church in Africa as the future of the Church. The World Christian Database projects that, by […]

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The global Impact of a German Pope

By Paulina Guzik (OSV News) — Very few figures within the contemporary Church have influenced it as deeply and for as long as Pope Benedict XVI, who died on Dec. […]

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Live in the Spirit of Bob Cratchit this Christmas

Charles Dickens writes in the preface to his famous story “A Christmas Carol”: “I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall […]

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John the Baptist, Advent Prophet of Hope

Five major pro-life ballot measures saw defeat on Election Day. Months have passed since Russia invaded Ukraine, leaving cities destroyed and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians dead. Americans […]

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The Rise in Enrollment at Catholic Schools Should Not Be Ignored

Finding silver linings within the destabilizing and tumultuous years of the COVID-19 pandemic is not always easy. But the major shifts that took place in public life as a result […]

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Archie Battersbee’s Story Highlights the Risks Of Legal Euthanasia

Archie Battersbee’s life tragically ended in a London hospital on Saturday, Aug. 6, when the 12-year-old was removed from the critical life support his family legally fought to continue. Archie’s […]

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Honoring the Legacy of a (Priestly) Father and Friend

By Scott Warden Last summer, I wrote about my family’s friendship with Father Bill Sullivan, who had recently retired from being a pastor — our pastor — in the Diocese […]

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Dobbs, Roe and the true fact of life 

For almost three generations of Americans, abortion has been not only a constitutional right but a fact of life. On June 24, 2022, the facts of life changed. In voting […]

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Rumors are circulating that Pope Francis might resign. How to react?

Over the course of his nine-plus years as pontiff, Pope Francis has strongly and consistently spoken about the sin of gossip. It is “an act of terrorism, akin to dropping […]