Your snarky cartoon (CR, July 30) was too mocking and misleading and unworthy of a Catholic newspaper. May the souls of the faithfully departed rest in peace. The newly proposed health care reform is scary, especially for the elderly. It mocks their rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Where are the watchdogs...Read More

Kelly Randolph and Christian Santarpia asked veterans of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s High School Leadership Institute – better known as High LI – what their own experience would be like.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI expressed his sadness at the death of former Philippine President Corazon Aquino and praised her commitment to freedom and justice for Filipinos.Read More

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI met with participants in the world swimming championships and asked them to be models of values and behavior for young people around the world.Read More

WASHINGTON – Despite the support of a U.S. cardinal and its own initial approval, the House Energy and Commerce Committee July 30 rejected an amendment to a House health care reform bill that would have prohibited any mandated abortion coverage, except in cases of rape, incest or life-threatening danger to the mother.Read More

WASHINGTON – Members of Congress and some religious groups are touting newly proposed legislation as a big step toward common ground on abortion, but a staff member of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities said the bill should be called “the Planned Parenthood Economic Stimulus Package of 2009.”Read More

The year 2009 represents 180 years of love, service and dedication to the church community by the Oblate Sisters of Providence. The Africentric column of The Catholic Review highlighted the event with five articles on the historical happenings within the congregation.Read More

PORTLAND, Ore. – He rebuilds the blown-up and regenerates the maimed.Read More