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Candace Owens speaks at CPAC in Washington, D.C., in 2023. (Shutterstock)

How to deal with online conspiracy theorists: Argue or ignore?

The Candace Owens and Hasan Pikers of the world embrace anti-semitism and kooky conspiracies. When the stakes are this high, how are people of goodwill supposed to uphold truth and clarity?

Maggie Phillips|May 13, 2026|5 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV delivers his urbi et orbi (to the city and the world) message from the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on Easter at the Vatican April 5, 2026. (OSV News/Vatican Media, handout via Reuters)

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Leo was the American pope. A year later, he's everyone's pontiff

Nic Rowan|May 7, 2026|5 Min Read

Stained-glass window depicting the betrothal of Mary and Joseph in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. (Nancy Bauer, Shutterstock)

Faith

When you pray to St. Joseph for a husband — and don’t hear back

Sara Perla|Apr 13, 2026|4 Min Read

St. James Church in the village of Shere, in Surrey, England. The outline of the cell (with a small window) where the anchoress Christine Carpenter lived is visible below the left church window. (Shemaiah Gonzalez)

Faith

A glimpse at the obscure life of a medieval English 'anchoress'

Shemaiah Gonzalez|Feb 12, 2026|5 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful before he celebrates Mass in Beirut, Lebanon, on the final day of his first apostolic journey Dec. 2, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

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A steady light: Pope Leo XIV's top five moments of 2025

Elizabeth Scalia|Dec 30, 2025|8 Min Read

“St. Martin of Tours Dividing His Cloak with a Beggar,” by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290–1348). (Wikimedia Commons/Yale University Art Gallery)

Faith

Christmas and the cloak of Saint Martin

Bishop Marc V. Trudeau|Dec 24, 2025|8 Min Read

California

Spanish delegation visits California to mark 10 years since Serra canonization

Christian Clifford|Dec 8, 2025|4 Min Read

Faith

Paul Badde, the journalist who showed the ‘Holy Face’ to the world

Alan Holdren|Nov 21, 2025|12 Min Read

Flowers and candles are displayed at a memorial honoring Vin Scully at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles Aug. 3, 2022. (Shutterstock)

Guest Columns

A Dodger fan gauges Vin Scully’s shot at sainthood

Tom Hoffarth|Oct 16, 2025|5 Min Read

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt smiles during an appearance on “Windy City Live” on March 12, 2018. (CNS/Courtesy Loyola University Chicago)

Guest Columns

Remembering Sister Jean Dolores, my elementary school teacher

Cardinal Roger M. Mahony|Oct 14, 2025|3 Min Read

A man prays as thousands gather at a memorial service for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, Sept. 21. (OSV News / Daniel Cole, Reuters)

Guest Columns

After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, where will we turn?

Alexandra DeSanctis|Sep 23, 2025|4 Min Read

Guest Columns

Frassati expert: New saint can help our lives become ‘a masterpiece’

Father Paolo Asolan|Sep 6, 2025|4 Min Read

Pope Francis, in the popemobile, greets people in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after giving his Easter blessing April 20, 2025. (CNS/Pablo Esparza)

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Cardinal Mahony: Pope Francis saw Jesus in the most vulnerable

Cardinal Roger M. Mahony|Apr 21, 2025|3 Min Read

People search through the remains of a house in Altadena, Calif., Jan. 9, 2025, which was burned down by the Eaton Fire, fueled by powerful winds in the Los Angeles area. (OSV News photo/Fred Greaves, Reuters)

Guest Columns

How helping can help us heal after a tragedy like the LA fires

Heidi Johnson|Feb 19, 2025|4 Min Read

Migrant workers clean fields near Salinas, Calif., March 30, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters)

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This election season, immigrants are part of the solution, not the problem

Cardinal Roger M. Mahony|Oct 4, 2024|4 Min Read