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Elizabeth Scalia, OSV News

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Supernaturalism: Even those who claim no faith testify to the unseen...

The supernatural is real. We all know it. We all know that there are "things visible and invisible," and we've all experienced moments where the...

Art cannot be more important than the needs of credible victims...

Having nothing in particular against the Latin Mass, and no real opinion on the Norvus Ordo (beyond believing it could be vastly improved with...

Prayer need not be lengthy, it only needs to be practiced...

There is a saying, dubiously attributed to St. Francis de Sales but it sounds more like Venerable Fulton Sheen to me: "Every one of...

The Sacred Heart of Jesus is the source of all consolation...

As summer approaches it is good to recall that the church dedicates the entire month of June to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, recognizing...

If we stop blaming one another, we could see unity despite...

Let's tally it up: May 11: A football player gives a commencement address at a Catholic college and his inexpert pronouncements on several hot topics...

‘See something, say something’ is a better risk than silence —...

Touching on an incident where a priest hearing confessions was pepper-sprayed, a recent article from OSV News looked at how clergy and layfolk might...

Mercy is instructive, prayer immersive: Confronting reality in the face of...

St. Philip Neri once had a penitent confess to indulging in gossip. He advised the contrite soul to bring him a chicken, and to...

‘Instamoms’ package young, innocent offspring for packs of web predators, then...

There are some news articles one consumes with the same reluctance as one accepts a repellent medical treatment. "A Marketplace of Girl Influencers Managed...

Life lessons from the late Pat Carroll, Ursula the Sea Witch’s...

"Life's full of tough choices, innit?" The question oozes out of Ursula the Sea Witch like a plume of playfully poisonous vapor as she interrupts...

It is possible to explore the eros of God without setting...

"Eros is … that force which 'does not allow the lover to remain in himself but moves him to become one with the beloved.'...

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