Roamin’ Catholic: The Journey Inward

Barbara Beckwith August 4, 2021

Journeying to holy places, like the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, is as much an inward journey as outward.

Trinity Washington University clears tuition debts for 540 students

OSV News July 29, 2021

Over 40% of Trinity Washington University’s full-time undergraduate students opened their emails from the university July 23 to learn they will start the school year with a clean financial slate, because the university paid off their outstanding debts.

Vatican reports $78 million deficit, also releases APSA report

OSV News July 27, 2021

The Vatican reported the Roman Curia had a $78 million deficit in 2020, and on the same day, the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, which administers Vatican properties and investments, made a summary of its annual budget public for the first time.

Convert to Cardinal: The Journey of Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory

Christopher Gunty July 25, 2021

Inspired by his Catholic schoolteachers, Wilton Gregory dreamed of becoming a priest. Last year, Pope Francis named him the first Black US cardinal.

St. Joseph: Ordinary Man, Extraordinary Love

Jim Van Vurst, OFM July 21, 2021

In this Year of St. Joseph, it’s good to remember him was a real man who experienced all the ups and downs that go with those roles. 

My Backyard Chapel

Susan Hines-Brigger July 8, 2021

My hope is that someday my kids will discover their own personal chapels—wherever that may be.

Deaf priest works to help others understand deafness as a culture

OSV News July 7, 2021

Father Min Seo Park, one of fewer than two dozen deaf priests worldwide, thinks deafness is hardly a disability and is working to help others realize that as well.

St. Joseph: Antidote to Toxic Masculinity

Pat McCloskey, OFM July 5, 2021

St. Joseph encourages all men and women to follow his example.

Gomez: July 4 should also honor missionaries’ role in nation’s founding

OSV News July 5, 2021

As the nation’ celebrates its independence on the Fourth of July, Americans should recall the country’s “other founding” by the missionaries who, beginning in the 1500s, came to proclaim “the love of Jesus Christ to Indigenous peoples,” said Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez.