St. Bonaventure: Loving God with Heart and Mind

Bruce Epperly June 25, 2024

The life and message of St. Bonaventure can provide a framework for understanding both the world and your personal calling.

I’d Like to Say: The Time to Protect Elections Is Now

Patrick Carolan June 25, 2024

As trust in our election system erodes, so does our sense of unity as American citizens. By looking to the Franciscan tradition and its emphasis on peace-building, we can find ways to heal and strengthen our divided society.

Sister Barbara Vano, OSF

Janice Lane Palko June 25, 2024

“I think God is remarkably patient—and has a great sense of humor,” Sister Barb says.

A U.S. flag-themed handgun is displayed for sale at the Des Moines Fairgrounds Gun Show at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines March 11, 2023.

Supreme Court upholds gun ban for domestic abusers

OSV News June 24, 2024

The Supreme Court June 21 upheld a federal ban on the possession of firearms by domestic abusers, rejecting an argument that the ban violated the Second Amendment.

A Poet’s Approach to Prayer

Murray Bodo, OFM June 20, 2024

I Murray Bodo, OFM, is a Franciscan priest and an award-winning author of numerous books including his bestselling Francis: The Journey and the Dream, Nourishing

A young woman looks at her cellphone. Following California’s successful lead, legislation in a number of states aims to impose on social media giants fines, age-appropriate design codes, and user age restrictions for opening accounts. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Paul Jeffrey)

Surgeon general’s social media warning ‘one of many steps’ say experts

OSV News June 19, 2024

A call by the U.S. surgeon general for health warning labels on social media marks “one of many steps that need to be taken” to reduce the digital environment’s risks to kids and youth.

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Va., chairman of the U.S. Catholic bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, prays June 14, 2024, at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Spring Plenary Assembly in Louisville, Ky. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

US bishops discuss poverty, pastoral frameworks, proposals at spring meeting

OSV News June 17, 2024

Gathered in Louisville for their spring plenary assembly, the U.S. bishops’ June 12-14 meeting saw a mix of important matters discussed, starting with how the bishops would continue to address the scourge of poverty in the U.S. and ending with a view to the future for the National Eucharistic Revival.