In the wake of the August study by the Pew Research Center that says about two-thirds of Catholics do not believe in the Real Presence, most proposals to address this problem have focused on education. ...
On the last weekend in November, more than twenty thousand young Catholics gathered in Indianapolis for the National Catholic Youth Conference, an event held every other year for the young Church to come together to ...
A reader asks Monsignor Pope this week, "Why do some Protestants treat drinking, smoking and gambling as the epitome of sin?" Monsignor answers that this mindset was likely a result of the American struggle with ...
Both political and economic theories presume that planning is a good. A business should have a surplus of funds, saving up for a rainy day. A nation should regularly think through various scenarios related to ...
While visiting Scranton, Pennsylvania, for a Labor Day festival, Teresa Tomeo and her husband noticed that a monument honoring Vietnam veterans used the Bible quote from John 15:13 and listed it as anonymous. Tomeo and ...
Director Terrence Malick’s new film “A Hidden Life” depicts the life of Blessed Franz Jägerstätter (1907-43) — Austrian farmer, husband, father and martyr who was beatified by the Church in 2007. As Father Andrew Clyne ...
It all began in 1948. Exhausted by the Second World War and tired of maintaining their worldwide empire, the British left Palestine, which they had governed, and the United Nations had to decide what was ...
The season of Advent exists to slow us down, to give us the opportunity to prepare to receive Christ on Christmas Day and to celebrate his coming well into January. To this end, we offer ...
The music of pianist Jan Mulder has become an important part of the household of Gretchen R. Crowe, OSV’s editorial director for periodicals. Mulder is a Dutch pianist, conductor, composer and arranger who has been ...
As Advent approaches, we can easily fall into the hustle and bustle of the season, losing our sense of childlike wonder. But instead of overcomplicating the start of our liturgical year, assistant editor Ava Lalor ...