Columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez shares the stories from conversations at a brunch with friends and acquaintances: “I really didn’t think we’d wind up talking about politics and religion, those things that you’re warned never to ...
A new study suggests that young adult Catholics ages 18-35 engage in practices to bolster their faith, but tend to do so outside their parish. Those activities often take the form of small Christian communities, according ...
Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw looks at the influence parents have in handing down the practice of the Faith to their children. Shaw draws from a new book from sociologists Christian Smith and ...
Assistant editor Ava Lalor shares a story about God’s faithfulness. In the middle of July, her younger sister experienced her second knee injury within a year. While the family didn’t know at the time if ...
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 ...
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