The author of the letter “Avoid propaganda, Catholic Review” (CR, July 17) admonished The Catholic Review for publishing “propaganda” about the Bush administration (Faith-based initiatives trademark of presidency, CR, July 3) and recommended reporting “stories that are factually accurate especially during this important election year.”Read More

As friends of Miki Hill, the president of Catholic Family EXPO, Kelly and David Updike had annually circled her event on their summer schedules.Read More

WASHINGTON – The Vatican has given its approval to a new English-language translation of the main constant parts of the Mass, but Catholics in the pew are unlikely to see any of the approved changes at Masses for a while to allow for catechesis on the reasons for the revisions.Read More

WASHINGTON – State by state, Catholics and others in the pro-life community are accomplishing a mission that they hope will give pregnant women considering an abortion the clearest proof yet that their action would still an unborn child’s beating heart.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Visiting Australia in July gave Pope Benedict XVI an opportunity to develop further his creation morality, which he first explained in the northern Italian Alps a year ago.Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien didn’t blink an eye as the hugs kept coming. He smiled as the participants of Camp GLOW (God Loves Our World) approached throughout the July 24 Mass he celebrated at the Monsignor O’Dwyer Retreat House in Sparks.Read More

BEIRUT, Lebanon – When Iraqi youths were not granted visas for World Youth Day in Australia, Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic bishops decided they would bring World Youth Day to Iraq.Read More

WASHINGTON – Food and water were among the primary needs Catholic aid agencies were trying to meet as thousands of households remained without power and some remained under water July 25 in the wake of Hurricane Dolly.Read More