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You can't fix everything

By Greg Erlandson. We as a Church family may be broken in many ways, but we also are whole as the Mystical Body of Christ

Why does the Church have so many rules?

This article has free access for all visitors. By Msgr. William King, J.C.D. Understanding that faith can change how we act

What Is Catholic Social Doctrine?

By Omar F.A. Gutiérrez. Properly understanding the Church’s approach to social justice is fundamentally important (Subscription required)

Unions, yes. But when the Church is employer?

By Brian Fraga. Catholic teaching supports labor unions. But in practice, Church institutions sometimes push back

Understanding Galileo's Church troubles

In Focus article. By Father George V. Coyne, S.J. Conflict was product of tumultuous political, religious era

Two Kinds of Saints?

By Stephanie A. Mann. Understanding the example of martyrs and confessors. (Subscription required)

Truth never changes

By Teresa Tomeo. Let’s forget about the polls calling for the Church to modernize and instead focus on catechesis

This Father's Day, read about the Church Fathers

Openers by Greg Erlandson. Our In Focus section this week focuses on the Church Fathers.

The Story of Hypatia

By Sandra Miesel. Did the Church stifle science in its cradle? (Subscription required)

The Bad News and the Good News

By Father Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R. One would think that self-respect would cause people to act in a civilized way...

TCA Reviews

TCA Reviews for May/June 2011. (Subscription required)

TCA Reviews

TCA Reviews for September/October 2012. (Subscription required)

Stemming the Tide

By Father Benedict Groeschel. It is time for priests to admit that something has gone terribly wrong. (Subscription required)

Standing with the Church

By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. Also affects public figures (Subscription requied)

Spectator: The 'Costanza solution'

Publisher Greg Erlandson's "Spectator" column. This week he writes of how the cross-cultural experiment the Church is embarking on needs much more attention.

Self-Mortification?

By Marcus C. Grodi. Duc in Altum.

Say Hello to SBNR

By Matthew Bunson, D.Min., M.Div. Dealing with the "spiritual but not religious"

Rituals and Ceremonies

By Father Patrick M. Carrion. What a rich treasure we have in the symbols and rituals of the Church. (Subscription required)

Reverence

By Father Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R. A Catholic Church is not a meeting house, but many have become such

Rebuilding the Church in Bosnia-Herzegovina

By Jonathan Luxmoore. Twenty years after start of brutal war, Catholics are still dealing with the aftermath and reparations. Subscription required

Parishes see progress with help from OSV readers

There is much remaining to be done, but Catholics in Pass Christian, Miss., and Slidell, LA., are committed to rebuilding.

Pakistan's Catholics decry Bhutto's assassination

Opposition leader was seen as country's best hope for return of Christian rights and protections

Openers: The Secret to developing a uniquely Catholic vision of the world

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. Wherever a Catholic looks, he finds goodness

No change on teaching

The Catholic Church has always maintained that we can sin both mortally and venially.

Msgr. Mannion: The Church's role in salvation

Doctrine challenges Church to make Christ visible in the world, so that all may know him and be saved

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor for Jan/Feb 2012. (Subscription required)

'Land of saints' now a 'land of stocks'

By Jonathan Luxmoore. Ireland has a history of a strong Church, but as secularization moves in, faith moves out.

June 8, Wednesday Easter Weekday

Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.

Is the Church Homophobic?

By Carl Olson. Misuse of language. (Subscription required)

God Lives: An ungrateful dictator

Monsignor Owen F. Campion's God Lives column: Castro responded to the Church's effort to save him by suppressing Catholicism in Cuba.

Father Barron: Catholic Church is fullest expression of Christ's grace

By Father Robert Barron. Membership in the Catholic Church is not just one option out of many

Did the Council of Trent Change the Church?

By D.D. Emmons. Addressing the myths of this important ecumenical council. (Subscription required)

Church's development

By Msgr. Charles Pope. Doctrine, liturgy and hierarchy have developed from the foundation set in place by the apostles

Church on the sidelines of lethal-injection debate

U.S. Supreme Court to rule on legal challenge, but Catholic officials prefer to stay out of arguments over methods and means of execution

Catholic Journal: No shock for Catholics

Catholic Journal column by Robert P. Lockwood. Our Church is not a man-made conjecture, as good as some by not much better than others.

Catholic Church is the one Christ founded on earth

Vatican document is the Church saying that she, not dissenting theologians, gets to say what her own teachings actually mean

Black parishes slowly on the rebound after Katrina

Free to registered users. More than a year after Hurricane Katrina, devastated New Orleans churches are slowly rebuilding to their former glory.

Becoming 'church' to Build Church

By Msgr. Thomas J. McDonnell. Our tradition emphasizes the catholicity of the Church.

August 26, Tuesday Weekday

Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.

Are Hispanics the new Irish?

Similarities in immigration history raise telling comparisons

10 stories to watch for in 2010

This article has free access for all visitors. By Tom Hoopes. Our predictions for what will be newsworthy in the Church and society at large in the coming year

“Whoever Eats the Bread or Drinks the Cup”

By Father Ray Ryland. Should Communion be under one or two species? (Subscription required)