Editorial

Asking for human life and dignity protections in the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’

By Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski OSV News The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” passed in the House of Representatives and is now in the Senate. The senators have a chance to reshape or alter …

Remembering Alasdair MacIntyre

If you were to ask Catholics of a certain generation to explain why a particular act (take adultery as just one representative example) should be classified as a sin, you would likely hear that it …

On Ascension, absence and true love

By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News One year ago, on the feast of the Ascension, we attended Mass in a hotel basement. One of our older kids was in a weekend tournament, and a priest from one of the …

Pedestal deserved: Carlo Acutis’ digital authenticity

For someone for whom the idea of a celebrity culture putting people on an undeserved pedestal was distasteful, it’s a bit ironic that he’s been put on a pedestal himself. In the case of …
Letters to the editor

Ukraine deserves advocates who desire it to be a free and whole nation

TO THE EDITOR: The people of Ukraine have suffered at the brutal hands of Putin’s Russia during the past several years. I am saddened and nonplussed by those who insist or in the past have …

Illegal immigrants have broken our laws, must be deported

TO THE EDITOR: I would like to know where Ann L. Sullivan is getting her information in her letter to the editor in the RI Catholic on 2/6 that the Trump administration’s immigration …

Catholics must restore their reputation as a caring community of believers

TO THE EDITOR: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ opposition to President Trump’s immigration policies (“Vance spars with US bishops …” 1/30/25) is too …

Remembering Father Reardon

TO THE EDITOR: Woonsocket mourns the loss of Father Dennis Reardon, who passed away on March 21. His life was a beacon of compassion, dedication, and faith, deeply influencing our community. …