Last year on Pentecost, Our Sunday Visitor published stories from readers who shared how the pandemic had shaped their faith. They were uplifting and inspiring, so Our Sunday Visitor decided to repeat the opportunity. This ...
In a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Father Patrick Hakes tells the story of a Bible he found in a puddle under a bridge while he was running recently. He calls it the “Ought ...
What does it look like to live a life oriented toward God? In his latest column, OSV publisher Scott P. Richert unpacks this question. He writes: “There is no magical set of actions — do ...
A reader shares that many of his family members who were raised and educated in the Faith are now no longer practicing devoutly. He explains that they think it is OK to miss Mass and ...
Marcel LeJeune asks the questions: What should we do with Catholics who exhibit imperfect faith? And what are some strategic responses? We have to be careful about coming to decisions about the state of any ...
According to a new poll by the Pew Research Center, more Americans say the coronavirus pandemic has strengthened their religious faith than those in 13 other nations that possess what Pew called "advanced economies." On the ...
With the upheaval and violence in Washington, Kathryn Jean Lopez offers direction by looking at Pope St. John Paul II’s first encyclical, Redemptor Hominis. John Paul reminds us, “The Church’s fundamental function in every age ...
Daniel Cellucci, the CEO of the Catholic Leadership Institute, explores the question, “What if they don’t come back?” The implications of perhaps 30% or more of our people not coming back are many and significant. ...
A reader asks Monsignor Charles Pope, “How does the gift of faith work?” He answers: “Faith works essentially by putting us in a trusting, life-changing, transformative relationship with the Lord. In and through this relationship ...
Kenneth Craycraft writes: “Having just completed the most bitterly divisive presidential election in our lifetimes, it is useful to think about the abiding problem of partisan identification, especially among Catholics. The fissures that the election ...
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