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You'll want to read this issue from cover to cover

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Winning Catholic Press Association awards

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Why we need to be 'as Catholic as the pope'

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. Let's strive, on the Notre Dame controversy and all contentious issues, to be as Catholic as the pope.

Why this Lent is more important than usual

By John Norton. The Church needs all of us to take Lent especially serious this year. Free access for all visitors.

Who's most responsible for Church: Priests? Laity?

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When searching for meaning why do many dial 'O'?

When people search for meaning, why do so many dial 'O'?

Top 10 reasons you should become a catechist

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. We can help pass on knowledge of the faith and love for Christ by being a catechist in our parish.

The powerful witness of a Cuban patriot

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The lesson of Tim Russert, requiescat in pace

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Taking the pulse of the health of our churches

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. Wondering how you can tell if your faith -- and the faith of your parish, and the faith of the broader Church -- is healthy?

Springboarding from adversity to sanctity

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Sports and Faith

When it comes to sports and faith, the World Cup runneth over

Serving our readers, one page, one issue at a time

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See osv.com/papalvisit for timely, accurate news

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Remembering to prepare for Nov. 4 with prayer

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Please help us help you -- and a special offer

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New day in catechesis: OSV acquires Harcourt

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. This is big news, with potential for a major impact on the future of catechesis in this country.

Looking back at a troubled period in the Church

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Let's weave a web of prayers for the pope's visit

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Introducing an easier-to-read, more attractive OSV paper

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. With today's newspaper, we unveil the new and improved design of Our Sunday Visitor.

Inspired to sanctity by a real-life battlefield hero

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. Father Vincent Capodanno, the Vietnam War chaplain, can serve as an inspiring example of priestly self-sacrifice for all priests, wherever the Lord calls them to serve.

How to make full use of an OSV subscription

Free access for all visitors. By John Norton. One of the fringe benefits of an OSV subscription is complete free access to our digital archive of stories.

How to get the most out of this Lenten season

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How to become a 'steward of providence.' Really

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. Stewardship was one of God's first charges to humanity, recounted in the earliest chapters of Genesis.

How this Christmas offered a glimpse of Christmas Future

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. Catholics are more likely to attend Christmas Mass than any other liturgy throughout the year.

Here's the scoop on Mother Teresa and the media

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Here's our letters policy

Editor Gerald Korson explains OSV's "letters to the editor" policy.

Here comes the (very pregnant) bride

Our Takes

Have you heard the latest? Gossip pervades culture

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Gift for a Christmas season during troubled times

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Getting to the truth of the matter with St.Dominic

Openers. Well-meaning but poorly catechized people can easily lose sight of the truth found only in the Catholic Church.

Getting out of comfort zone lets us test assumptions

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Following Pope Benedict to the 'ends of the earth'

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First OSV motto: 'To be practical and to do good'

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Expecting to be surprised by God on vacation

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. We should expect to be surprised by God in our daily lives.

Discovering an old-school ethnic parish in the Midwest

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. The benefit of belonging to an ethnic parish seems to be the strong sense of ownership and engagement.

Dioceses taking action to combat the spread of swine flu

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. The most common steps are suspending Communion from the cup and discouraging shaking hands.

Digest this: 'Fasting satisfies your deepest hunger'

Openers by John Norton. Pope Benedict XVI released his message to Catholics for Lent -- and it has a strong focus on fasting.

Days in the land of Elvis teach us about poverty

In his Openers column, editor Gerald Korson recollects on a Habitat for Humanity trip to Mississippi and the issue of poverty in our own backyard.

Contributing editor joins OSV, a talent departs

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Committing to the best in Catholic journalism

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Catholic efforts to generate an authentic feminism

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. The "new feminism" continues to find fresh proponents and thinkers, including here in the United States.

Catholic civic duty in time of national transition

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Be patriotic, support your Catholic newspaper

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Assignment: Read the pope's 11 American speeches

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Are we prepared to have Christ under our roof?

In his weekly column, Gerald Korson asks: Are we interiorly prepared to have Christ "enter under our roof" at holy Communion?