By Christopher Gunty editor@CatholicReview.org As a former seminarian and a “professional Catholic” who has worked for the church for nearly 30 years, I’ve gotten to know a lot of priests – and bishops – personally. This past week is not the even the first time I have traveled with a group of priests and a...Read More

By Christopher Gunty The Catholic Review Sunday, Oct. 17, the group found its way to one of the seven New Wonders of the World, Petra (rock), a city formed in the rock canyons in southern Jordan. Many people will recognize part of Petra, the façade of the Treasury especially, from the first Indiana Jones movie....Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI said persistent world hunger calls for international reforms that focus on long-term solutions as well as short-term emergency food aid.Read More

MILWAUKEE – Federal law enforcement officials were continuing to investigate how criminals were able to steal $121,000 electronically from a parish in the Milwaukee Archdiocese.Read More

The Western Wall is the only fragment of the Great Temple to survive destruction by the Romans, and is the most sacred structure to the Jewish people. According to a brochure distributed at the Western Wall Plaza by the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, the wall “is a focus of Jewish longing and prayer for redemption...Read More

The Pontifical Institute Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center, where the Baltimore pilgrimage group celebrate Mass on the first day in Israel, is a retreat and residential center. It also has had, since 2006, a permanent exhibition about the Holy Shroud to help pilgrims gain a deeper understanding of Christ’s sufferings and Resurrection as they visit...Read More

Breast cancer awareness is personal for Catholic High School junior Gabriella Polsinelli.Read More