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Father Patrick Briscoe O.P., OSV News

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Five reasons why I’m still marching for life — Father Patrick...

While pro-lifers rightly view the landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision as a significant judicial victory, attending the national March for Life...

‘I might hope hell is empty, but I think that it’s...

Sometimes you hope to be wrong. For example: A good friend that I made in college seminary discerned out of formation and began to pursue...

Remembering Pope Benedict XVI: ‘If we let Christ into our lives,...

A year out from his death, I dearly miss Pope Benedict XVI. He was the pope of my coming of age. The generation of...

This Christmas, I’m praying the Breastplate of St. Patrick at the...

Of all the things and people to be present at the birth of Jesus Christ, there were shepherds! I would probably have been more...

We are closer to the saints than we often think —...

We like to think we follow the saints, but sometimes the saints follow us. As I walked home from class in Tours, France, I had...

St. Michael prayer a simple yet profound expression of reliance on...

Catholics of a certain age will remember reciting a set of prayers after Mass called the Leonine Prayers. Introduced by Pope Pius IX in...

Father Patrick Briscoe: St. Francis of Assisi’s humility, faith serve as...

Chesterton once wrote, “Newspapers not only deal with news, but they deal with everything as if it were entirely new.” There’s a lot of...

St. Maximilian Kolbe’s dark cell at Auschwitz gave me a lesson...

As I stood at the bars of the chilling confines of St. Maximilian Kolbe‘s cell within the walls of Auschwitz, I couldn’t help but...

OSV interview: ‘Lourdes means so much to so many different people...

(Interview edited for length and clarity) Set in 1967, “The Miracle Club” tells the captivating tale of three generations of lifelong friends, Lily (Maggie Smith),...

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