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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.

Mary Undoer of Knots: Old devotion, revived popularity

By Lori Hadacek Chaplin. Devotion to the Blessed Virgin uncoils the knots and snarls preventing peace of mind in our lives.

Cross bolted to desert rock sparks church-state battle

This article has free access for all visitors. By Russell Shaw. U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on whether 75-year-old war memorial violates First Amendment

Marked for holiness

By Carl Olson. Passage from Bible's puzzling final book reveals for us the characteristics shared by all of the saints.

Cyprus visit revives talk of pope-patriarch summit

By Jonathan Luxmoore. Russia Orthodox Church has softened its stance toward Catholics, now seen as indispensable allies against secularism creeping into the culture.

Fraternal order for black Catholics celebrates 100 years

By Peter Finney Jr. Despite encountering discrimination even at parishes, black Catholics 'remained faithful to their Catholic faith,' says Josephite superior general

Three Supreme Court cases to watch

By OSV Staff. Court watchers will keep a close eye on new justice to see how she comes down on controversial cases.

Tongue or hand?

By Msgr. M. Francis Mannion. Despite some recent news reports, Pope Benedict XVI is not likely to make major changes in liturgy

How to be a happy — and sane — stay-at-home mom

By Emily Stimpson. Experts reveal tricks of the trade for women who grew up in households with working mothers.

Tech-savvy priests

By Teresa Tomeo. In communications message, pope urges world's priests to use new media to get closer to their flocks

In Focus: How and Why the Church Makes Saints

By Bert Ghezzi. Observing saints more closely reveals that they were ordinary people just like us.

High hopes for ... hope

By Russell Shaw. What some officials at the Vatican have in common with the Nobel Peace Prize awarding committee.

By Bert Ghezzi. The great majority of canonized saints are priests, nuns, and Religious. Although laypeople can find much inspiration in their lives, we especially appreciate saints whose circumstances are more like our own.