Commentary

The Seven Sorrows of Mary

Jeanette Martino Land August 24, 2017

Let us ponder the seven sorrows of Mary.

Sacred Heart of Jesus: A Symbol of Love and Mercy

Fr. Don Miller, OFM June 23, 2017

Every feast day has a story, and the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart is no exception.

The Catholic Church and the Fall of the Roman Empire

Marcellino D'Ambrosio April 18, 2017

This writer and historian looks at the ascension and descension of this once great empire.

Violent Video Games: Play at Your Own Risk

Christopher Heffron June 24, 2010

The most unsettling feature of violent video games is that they allow the player, regardless of age, to become the main character of the games—vicious, brutal tendencies and all.

Catholic pro-life activists pray Feb. 11, 2023, outside of Bread and Roses Woman's Health Center, a Clearwater, Fla., clinic that provides abortions. A new annual report by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued Jan. 16, 2025, identified what it called five areas of critical concern, defined as both threats and opportunities, for religious liberty. (OSV News photo/Octavio Jones, Reuters)

Murder Is Not Pro-Life

Christopher Heffron September 24, 2009

George Tiller, a medical doctor and one of only a handful of physicians in the country who performed late-term abortions, was one of the most reviled figures by anti-abortion activists.