Opinion

The church consistently teaches that all persons have both a fundamental right and a responsibility to have their voice heard in the public square

Today, many take umbrage at the Catholic bishops’ advocacy on behalf of the irregular migrant, but in doing so, we stand in a proud moral tradition.

“Dilexi Te” manifests both Pope Leo’s recognition that we need to grow in unity and subtly illustrates a means to bring such unity to a fractured church.

A common complaint of late among the Vaticanisti has been that, so far, Pope Leo XIV has had a rather “boring” pontificate. Compared to the early days of the Francis …

“I forgive him.” We heard those words Sunday from Erika Kirk, spoken about the young man who had murdered her husband less than two weeks before, and her message immediately …

(OSV News) — We are a society in crisis. There is no other way to describe the fact that, in the past month, three young men, aged 16 to 23, …

When Pope Leo XIII penned “Rerum Novarum” in 1891, the world was caught in the gears of the Industrial Revolution. The smoke of factories darkened Europe’s skies, and the dignity …

Soaring housing prices are quietly but powerfully discouraging young people from getting married, starting families or having more children. If you can’t afford a home, it’s easy to doubt whether …

On Sept. 10, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, 31, was shot and killed during a speaking event in Utah. He leaves behind a wife and two very young children. Assassination is …

(OSV News) — During the homily at his inauguration Mass, Pope Leo XIV said: “I was chosen, without any merit of my own, and now, with fear and trembling, I …