Publisher Scott Richert writes about how, while growing up in western Michigan, he had never seen a live cicada. He had heard their chirps and held their shells during his family’s travels, but he never ...
What is the Rite of Confession? Should we begin confession by saying, “Bless me father, for I have sinned … .” In his latest column, Monsignor Charles Pope looks at the prescribed ritual for the ...
During this season of first Communions, the Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board has written a letter to all first communicants: “Receiving your first holy Communion is a big deal. You are probably excited, nervous and ...
Michael O’Rourke, the husband to Maria and father of 10, offers four things he wishes he would have known about marriage. The first is commitment. He and his wife had promised to never say the ...
Msgr. Owen Campion writes about the depth and meaning of sacramental marriage, using the example of Blessed Karl and Empress Zita of Austria, who put Christ and the Church at the center of their relationship. ...
The chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Religious Liberty praised the Department of Health and Human Services for resolving discrimination complaints over two hospitals' refusal to let patients have access to the sacraments of ...
As far as stories of endurance and faith go, it's hard to top the dedication of a group of young Catholics from the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas. Under threat of a hurricane in the middle of ...
In this issue of Taking Note, Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about her long-awaited return to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. After going through a series of precautions created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Lopez was directed to ...
In this issue of Taking Note, Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about appreciation for priests. She writes, “We need the sacraments. And we need holy men who will give their lives for them. Show them. Thank ...
In this issue of Taking Note, Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about returning to Mass after the lockdown. She says it’s her unworthiness and her complete weakness without God that has been unmistakable during this time ...
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