Jenna Marie Cooper writes Question Corner for OSV News (OSV photo) Q: In a recent column you wrote that it “wasn’t appropriate” to hold hands during the “Our Father” at Mass, because the Church’s law is silent on this point. But couldn’t you read it the opposite way, meaning that since it’s not actually forbidden […]
Sunday Scripture readings for Oct. 11, 2026, the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 25:6-10a Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Phil 4:12-14, 19-20 Mt 22:1-14 The parable we hear this Sunday is one of the most challenging in the Gospels — about an extravagantly generous king who throws a large wedding feast for his son. […]
(Getty Images) Since Pope Leo XIV released his encyclical “Magnifica Humanitas” in May, it sparked intense conversation about artificial intelligence, especially in Catholic circles. Many Catholics are exploring how to practice Gospel faithfulness regarding AI. Should we use it? How can those of us who want to keep the human person at the center of […]
The artificial intelligence AI acronym at the 10th edition of the VivaTech technology startups and innovation fair in Paris, France, June 18, 2026. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes Elizabeth Dias is a very good writer, and if you can get behind the paywall at the New York Times, try to read her lengthy piece about religious scholars meeting […]
Jenna Marie Cooper writes Question Corner for OSV News (OSV photo) Q: Catholic governors commit an obviously sinful act when they sign extremely permissive abortion laws. On the other hand, there is an extraordinary minister of holy Communion in my parish who told me she is pro-choice, but I’m not aware she has done anything […]
Father Joshua J. Whitfield writes for OSV News. Scripture readings for Sunday. Oct. 4,2026, Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 5:1-7 Ps 80:9, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20 Phil 4:6-9 Mt 21:33-43 Most people probably picture in their minds St. Francis with birds, preaching to them. Giotto’s fresco is beautiful, rightly famous, and it captures something […]
St. Bernadette Soubirous is pictured in this undated photo provided by the Sanctuaries of Our Lady of Lourdes in Lourdes, France. (OSV News photo/Durand, courtesy of Sanctuaries of Our Lady of Lourdes) St. Bernadette Soubirous is usually depicted in statues around the world as the confounded peasant girl on her knees at the grotto in […]
Jenna Marie Cooper writes Question Corner for OSV News (OSV photo) Q: The priest of my parish says it’s not appropriate to hold hands or lift your hands up during the Our Father at Mass. Is this true? And if so, why do so many people continue to do it? A: While in my opinion […]
A statue of St. Francis is seen in a storefront on a street in Assisi, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (OSV News photo/Courtney Mares) St. Francis of Assisi’s father, Pietro di Bernardone dei Moriconi, was a gregarious and generous man, a very ambitious and successful businessman. He was part of the “new money” demographic of the […]
A statue of St. Francis of Assisi is pictured outside an animal hospital in Prince Fredrick, Md., July 22, 2021. His feast day is celebrated Oct. 4. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller) Each year on Oct. 3, the followers of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) — friars; nuns; laypeople — mark the globally popular saint’s own […]