Q: When I was in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (commonly known as RCIA, now the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults), the instructor said normal weekly Eucharist counts as a "confession," and reception counts as "absolution."...
Abortions in Ireland spiked in the space of just five years, government figures have revealed.
Statistics released by the Department of Health in Ireland showed that 10,852 abortions were performed in Ireland in 2024 -- representing a 62.8% increase over...
It is a sad reality that Catholics sometimes get the impression that asking questions about their faith is a sign of faithlessness. Indeed, I knew one young woman who spent years bottling up her questions until she built up...
By Cecilia Cicone, OSV News
"The Let Them Theory," Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins (2024), 336 pages, $15.68
What if all that is holding you back from achieving your wildest dreams is yourself? This question has been the topic of many a...
By Tom Tracy, OSV News
MIAMI — Florida's senior bishop is pressing local, state and federal authorities for permission to bring Catholic pastoral care to the already infamous Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention center.
Opened in early July at a time of...
Scripture readings for July 27, 2025, Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gn 18:20-32 Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 6-7, 7-8 Col 2:12-14 Lk 11:1-13
"If we pray rightly," St. Augustine taught, "we say nothing but what is already contained in the Lord's Prayer."...
July is almost over and unbelievably it’s already time to start back-to-school shopping. Just because school is around the corner doesn’t mean there isn’t still fun to be had in the Diocese of Wilmington. Here are a few things...
On this episode of Catholic Forum, after a news update from The Dialog, we talk with Benjamin O'Brien, author of the new book, "The Proving Grounds: A Catholic on Ladder 17."
Ben, a former firefighter, shares lessons learned while trying to be a good...
The recent 12-day war between Israel and Iran has brought about fear and anxiety in the country and tested the faith of its small Catholic community, said Belgian Cardinal Dominique Mathieu of Tehran-Isfahan.
In a July 12 email to OSV...
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration on July 22 said the United States would withdraw from the United Nations' cultural agency UNESCO, a group that has partnered with the Holy See on human development and cultural heritage projects.
Mary Ellen O'Connell,...