In his latest column for Our Sunday Visitor, Monsignor Owen Campion looks at the origins of Halloween and All Saints Day, reminding readers that while darkness and evil of the world reign on All Hallows ...
St. John Paul II’s feast day, on Oct. 22, will mark the 41st anniversary of his first homily given as pontiff, in which he uttered those now-famous words that became a hallmark of his papacy: ...
The writings of John Henry Newman, namely “An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine,” are great resources of Catholic apologetics. Newman, a nineteenth century Anglican churchman who converted to Catholicism, will be named a ...
If you’ve been Catholic for at least a day, you’re familiar with the Rosary. Yet, what would it look like if every Catholic resolved to pray the Rosary more often? In a world and Church ...
Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about unfinished tasks and allowing God, through prayer, to take over those difficult tasks. Recently viewing the St. Jerome exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lopez was reminded of her ...
Two respected sources — USA Today and the Associated Press — recently released two articles sharing stories about the Catholic Church and sexual abuse by clergy, both which subtly suggest that the Church is uniquely ...
A reader asks: “How can we distinguish between those who are apostates from those who are schismatic or heretical?” Monsignor Charles Pope explains that these terms are related in the sense that they are all ...
Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw writes that while there has been much talk lately of an impending schism among U.S. Catholics because of strong disagreements with Pope Francis, any kind of formal schism ...
In this Sunday’s readings, we hear about the 10 lepers who are healed by Jesus. Yet, only one — a Samaritan — returns to thank God. This reading reminds us to give thanks to God ...
By contrast with the Supreme Court term that ended last June, which court watchers pronounced comparatively bland, the term that starts in October is shaping up as explosive. Already the court has agreed to rule ...
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