Why so many women are converting to Catholicism

 

Catholicism

Why so many women are converting to Catholicism 

Ericka Andersen  RNS

Mission over profit is a risk some Catholic colleges will take

Mission over profit is a risk some Catholic colleges will take

Jeannine M. Pitas   US Catholic

 

Finding Jesus is a lifelong process

 

Religion

Finding Jesus is a lifelong process

Alice Camille  US Catholic

 

A Warning Sign for Big Tech

The recent $17 billion settlement against Meta shows how earlier celebrations of our online liberation got the internet—and us—wrong.

Jim Sleeper

September 4, 2026

Technology

Politics

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Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg pauses as he testifies at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington January 31, 2024 (OSV News photo/Nathan Howard, Reuters).

Once upon a time, in the far-off ’90s and aughts, the internet was widely, if wishfully, touted for its potential to give anyone a voice. Online, we would join new communities, make a difference, go viral. The internet, it was thought, would strengthen a democratic public sphere against regimentation by corporations and suppression by governments. 

God, what do you want me to know?

 

Spirituality

God, what do you want me to know?

Michael Leach ncr

Mary at the margins: The meaning of apparitions in a fractured world

Mary at the margins: The meaning of apparitions in a fractured world

Spirituality

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  George Cassidy Payne

 

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Vatican theological commission defines ‘sin against creation and the Creator’ in new document

by Courtney Mares, OSV News September 3, 2026

Pope Leo XIV gestures as he celebrates Mass at the Borgo Laudato Si' center in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Sept. 1, 2026, marking the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Credit: (OSV News photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)

ROME (OSV News) — The International Theological Commission published a new document Sept. 2 calling for ecological conversion due to “sin against creation and the Creator.”

The more than 29,000-word text, titled “Caring for Our Common Home: A Responsible and Fraternal Response to the Triune God,” was approved by a majority of members of the commission in a July vote and authorized for release by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, after being presented to Pope Leo XIV.

Posted inEditorials

A way out of the Vatican II liturgy wars: Priests should stick to the rubrics

by The Editors September 3, 2026

Pope Leo XIV elevates the Eucharist during Mass at the Shrine of Santa Maria della Rotonda in Albano Laziale, Italy, Aug. 17, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Lola Gomez Illustration: America Media

The liturgy is at the center of Catholic culture wars for a reason: The stakes are high. As Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger wrote in 1997, “the Church stands and falls with the liturgy…. The true celebration of the sacred liturgy is the center of any renewal of the Church whatever.” It is therefore not unexpected that Catholics will have strong, and sometimes divergent, opinions about the ars celebrandi, especially in the wake of the Second Vatican Council’s reform of the liturgy.