When parishioners contribute to the second collection in churches throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore Sept. 1-2, their money will go to the Peter’s Pence Collection – a fund that enables Pope Benedict XVI to quickly provide aid when disaster strikes.Read More

In response to the letter, “Churchgoers should give respect to God,” (CR, Aug. 16), the letter writer was critical of those who come to church in less than their “Sunday best.”Read More

HONG KONG – Chinese officials have arrested a bishop who is not registered with the government and have been pressuring other unregistered bishops and priests, sources told the Asian church news agency UCA News.Read More

MEXICO CITY – Civil authorities and church workers began distributing emergency supplies and surveying damage the day after Hurricane Dean crossed the Yucatan Peninsula. Meanwhile, communities on the Gulf of Mexico were bracing for the storm’s second landfall Aug. 22. Father Francisco Velazquez Trejo, a director for Caritas Mexico in the state of Campeche on...Read More

VATICAN CITY – Accusing the Vatican of manipulating entries on Wikipedia, a Web site billed as an encyclopedia that anyone can contribute to or edit, “lacks any seriousness and any logic,” the Vatican spokesman said.Read More

WASHINGTON – Two years after Hurricane Katrina, Catholic schools and colleges in the Gulf Coast region are recovering, but enrollment figures have still not been restored to what they were prior to the storm. At Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, which was severely damaged by floodwaters from the breached levees following Katrina, school...Read More

My family and I were appalled by the offensive cartoon (CR, July 26).Read More

One month ago, the priest at our parish addressed the congregation on the clothes worn to Mass and their “rude manners” in church.Read More