If you were out in boat as three storms were about to converge over you, would you not drop to your knees and pray? There are many attacks on the Catholic Church today. Groups of so-called Catholics are working in concert to generate a perfect storm for our bishops. The consciences of these so-calle...

To all who read this open letter to US Bishops and the article about which it is written: Please consider emailing this post to your local bishop's office or printing it and sending it via mail. Be sure to include a printout of the linked article at the National Catholic Reporter. You may also conta...

I am in the process of making a rather extensive photo post with pictures I took at the Installation Mass of Archbishop Vigneron. However, I could not pass this up....so savor this piece of real clear communication.... Archbishop Raymond L. Burke is a voice of reason and common sense among bishops. ...

Bishops of Los Angeles recently responded to controversy over Church’s support of Proposition 8, by issuing a letter, "A Pastoral Message to Homosexual Catholics" (The Tidings, December 5, 2008), bending over backwards to reassure homosexuals of their place in the Church. A reader and corresponden...

WASHINGTON (USCCB)—The U.S. bishops offered "prayerful support and steadfast solidarity" to the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints in the face of attacks on the church and its members for working to pass California's Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage. The support was offered...

A good article by Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, "Obama and the Bishops" (First Things, November 7, 2008):In a few days, the American bishops of the Catholic Church will be holding their annual fall meeting in Baltimore. High on the agenda is how Catholic bishops can better communicate Catholic teaching ...

A reader writes:Sometimes a woman can slap a man in the face to make him come to his sense. Sometimes she leaves him. I am not sure just what is taking place right now, but posts like these [see below] are signs of that maybe, just maybe a little fog is lifting amidst the cultural erosion ...He then...

Some 300 bishops are in Baltimore meeting as they do each year at this time, and there is much to pass along. Unfortunately, I finally sat down to write this post and it is already 9:43pm. So, I have no choice but to leave you with coverage from others. Rocco Palmo is an American Catholic reporter f...

We can also be truly grateful that our country’s social conscience has advanced to the point that Barack Obama was not asked to renounce his racial heritage in order to be president, as, effectively, John Kennedy was asked to promise that his Catholic faith would not influence his perspective and ...

Religion News Service reports that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' plans to discuss abortion and politics next week in Baltimore have been scuttled:In a September, after high-profile Catholic politicians challenged church teaching on abortion, the bishops announced that they "plan to discus...