Read more about the article Editorial: Thanksgiving is an opportunity to give thanks to God
Thanksgiving Day celebrates an abundant harvest and the blessing of family and friends. "Bless the God of all, who has done wondrous things on earth" -- Sirach 50:22. (CNS photo/Michael Alexander, Georgia Bulletin)

Editorial: Thanksgiving is an opportunity to give thanks to God

‘Thank Him for giving you the gift of having these people in your life because no one deserves your gratitude more’

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Read more about the article Editorial: Synod emphasizes love of neighbor
Students, faculty and staff at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville participated in a listening session for the Synod on Synodality on Wednesday, April 6. Brad Peper, director of the Diocese of Nashville Office of Faith Formation, explains the synod process at the start of the listening session.

Editorial: Synod emphasizes love of neighbor

‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself’

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Read more about the article Editorial: We are called to love, pray for our enemies
People mourn at the graveside of Eden Guez during her funeral in Ashkelon, Israel, Oct. 10, 2023. She was killed while attending a festival that was attacked by Hamas gunmen from Gaza. (OSV News photo/Violeta Santos Moura, Reuters)

Editorial: We are called to love, pray for our enemies

‘This is a call we received from Christ Himself’

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Read more about the article Editorial: Take up the call to help build a culture that respects life
Dozens gathered outside Planned Parenthood in downtown Nashville for the kick-off of the Spring 40 Days for Life: The Beginning of the End of Abortion Campaign Wednesday, March 2.

Editorial: Take up the call to help build a culture that respects life

‘The most immediate way to save babies and mothers from abortion is to thoroughly surround mothers in need with lifegiving support and personal accompaniment. This is radical solidarity’

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Read more about the article Editorial: Mother Teresa taught us to encounter Christ by serving the poor
St. Teresa of Kolkata gives comfort to a sick man at the Missionaries of Charity home in Kolkata, India, in this undated photo. (OSV News photo/KNA)

Editorial: Mother Teresa taught us to encounter Christ by serving the poor

‘Actions done to the poor are – in some mysterious way – acts simultaneously done to Christ’

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Read more about the article Editorial: Gun violence remains a growing problem in Tennessee
Thousands of Nashvillians came together to create a three mile human chain from Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where the victims of The Covenant School shooting were brought to the Tennessee State Capitol as a demonstration for the urging to pass gun safety measures on Tuesday, April 18. The "Linking Arms for Change" event was Voices for a Safer Tennessee, a newly-formed, nonpartisan statewide coalition dedicated to prioritizing gun safety and advocating for common sense gun laws to make communities across Tennessee safer for all. Members of the clergy also participated including, from left, Father Pat Kibby, senior pastor of St. Henry Church, Bishop J. Mark Spalding, and Father Eric Fowlkes, pastor of the Cathedral of the Incarnation, who all stood in the line across from the Cathedral on West End. Members of the clergy also participated including, from left, Father Pat Kibby, senior pastor of St. Henry Church, Bishop J. Mark Spalding, and Father Eric Fowlkes, pastor of the Cathedral of the Incarnation, who all stood in the line across from the Cathedral on West End.

Editorial: Gun violence remains a growing problem in Tennessee

‘We hold that ‘respect for human life is the starting point for confronting a culture of violence.’’

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