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You say you want a . . . Revelation

In Focus section by Carl E. Olsen. Modern readers often miss the context in which the last book of the Bible was written, puzzling them as to its true meaning.

When does it make sense to borrow for things?

By Phil Lenahan. When deciding whether to accrue debt for purchases, determine if it will be productive.

Vanity, all things vanity

By Carl E. Olsen. Wisdom isn't right thinking or intellectual logic; but rather about right living and spiritual logic.

This Father's Day, read about the Church Fathers

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

They talk about faith, but do they believe?

This article is free for all visitors. By Carlos Briceno. It remains to be seen if politicians are really sincere, or if they are dressing up their positions in religious terms.

Spectator: Debating war's end game

This column is free for all visitors. Specator column by Greg Erlandson, OSV publisher. If we cannot achieve what would normally be called a victory, we cannot walk away form it.

Snail's pace creeping through Vatican, some say

This article is free for all visitors. New changes to the conclave procedure reflect Pope Benedict XVI's thoughtful and careful manner. By Russell Shaw.

Sidebar: A look inside the adult catechism

This sidebar details what's found in the new adult catechism, and changes that occurred during the draft process.

Pope seeks reconciliation with Mass restoration

This article is free for all visitors. The relaxation of restrictions on the use of the Tridentine rite will likely please traditionalists, but no great upsurge in requests for the old form are predicted. By Russell Shaw.

Pope angers Muslims; Turkey still on

This article free to registered users: Pope's address on cultural dialogue largely lost as media takes historical reference out of context. By Gerald Korson.

People of faith hold powerful sway in Hollywood

By Carl Kozlowski. Father Don Woznicki seeks to recliam Church's place in films with New Ethos.

Pastoral answers: Don't baptize my aunt

Pastoral Answers by Monsignor M. Francis Mannion. If an ancestor was baptized by the Mormon church posthumously, it can be undone.

Our Takes

Brief salient observations and opinions on the news.

Other denominations looking to own abuse crisis

By William Yallaly. As the Church in the United States continues to try to protect children, others see it's not just a Catholic thing.

Openers: Continual conversion

Editor Gerald Korson's Openers column, this week focusing on the work of catechists.

Letters to the Editor

Our Sunday Visitor readers write in and sound off.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor for July 22, 2007.

Letters

This column is free for all visitors. Letters to the editor for the week of July 15, 2007.

In Focus: 'Wins, Losses and Lessons' book review

Murray Hubley's review of Lou Holtz's 'Wins, Losses and Lessons: An Autobiography.'

In Focus: 'The Rule of Benedict' book review

'The Rule of Benedict' by David Gibson is review by York Young.

In Focus: 'The Prision Angel' book review

Colette Shanahan Fike's book review of 'The Prison Angel' by Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan

In Focus: 'Sober Intoxication...' book review

A book review by Joyce Duriga of Father Raniero Cantalamessa's book, 'Sober Intoxication of the Spirit'

Guest column: Church youth appeal

Guest column by Mike Aquilina. What made the Faith attractive during the third century can make it just as attractive today.

Father Feeney's scandal

God Lives column by Monsignor Owen F. Campion. Vatican document brings back memories of a notorious debate in the 1940s over similar points.

Family: Picking up pieces after lying

Catholic psychiatrists and psychologists offer reasons why trust in others is the foundation of relationships. By Jeff Ziegler.

Expanded Interview with Fr. Joe Langford

This is the expanded interview by OSV staff with Fr. Joe Langford, who is co-founder of Mother Teresa's order of priests.

Everyone's expressing belief, disbelief in God

This week's Openers column takes on believers vs. atheists.

Editorial: Liturgical lessons

This week's editorial is free for all visitors. Providing , or denying, mass in the Tridentine Rite will not in itself alone solve all problems of dwindling Mass attendance and Catholic inaction.

Editorial: Getting over ourselves

Editorial for the week of August 5, 2007. There are invitations for U.S. Catholics to get over ourselves and see what a Cahtolic world truly is.

Editorial: Cooling the hatred

This column is free for all visitors. The editorial for the week of July 15, 2007. Gaza's present troubles create one more flashpoint for an already enflamed Middle East.

Edith Stein a saint for our times

By Barry Michaels. As a convert to Catholicism and an academic, the Carmelite nun made significant contributions to the faith before dying at Auschwitz.

Church cannot answer all end-of-life questions

By Nick Manette. Problems people have with illness are not from Church teachings but because we don't like to think about dying.

Cause advances for Franciscan 'Georgia martyrs'

Don Clemmer writes an article about five Spanish missionaries who were slain for the Catholic belief in marriage while ministering in the South in the 1590s.

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.

Can we set the captives free?

Free the Salves president Kevin Bales says slavery can be ended in today's world. By Elizabeth Kelly.

Belief in God 'stupid,' atheists say

By Mary DeTurris Poust. Popularity of books that promote disbelief thriving on sense of individualism.

Adult catechism makes faith accessible to average

Various Church groups and laypeople can use the new text to better understand the Faith. By Carlos Briceno.

A Catholic approach to matters of life and death

Openers column by Greg Erlandson, publisher.

15 Catholic things to do before you die

This article has free access for all visitors. OSV staff compiles suggestions of should-dos .