CHICAGO – On Oct. 30, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in a Chicago neighborhood known as “Back of the Yards,” Auxiliary Bishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of Chicago celebrated a Mass for victims of violence. He read dozens of victims’ names and met with their family members and loved ones.Read More

WASHINGTON - Father John Corapi said he will not follow the order of his religious superior to leave his home in Montana to live in community with his fellow priests.Read More

The pastor of St. Leo church in Little Italy has been removed from ministry by his religious order and stripped of his faculties to function as a priest.Read More

The following is printed with the permission of Karen Terry, Professor and Associate Provost of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and principal investigator and co-author of the Causes and Context report on clergy sexual abuse, at the request of Archbishop O’Brien, whose column will appear occasionally during the summer months.Read More

A Catholic Review staff writer, Chaz Muth, will travel to the Dominican Republic, Nov. 26-30, to bring readers first-hand accounts of conditions there, especially among the poor.Read More

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican announced what it called the “sensational discovery” of an early image of St. Paul on the frescoed wall of a catacomb in Naples.Read More

I object very strongly to the cartoon (CR, Oct. 25) on page 11, which shows a “scientist” brushing off God. This perpetuates the stereotype that science opposes religion, a total reversal of the reality of Christianity for many centuries, since the time of St. Augustine.Read More

OTTAWA, Ontario – A new pastoral letter from Canada’s Catholic bishops is aimed at helping school boards, teachers, parents and students in their ministry to young people with same-sex attraction.Read More