The man who is pegged to soon head the USCCB is coming under increasing fire for his handling of sex abuse cases in Chicago — and a just-published piece of correspondence is adding ammunition: Cardinal Francis George and one of his top bishops are stirring up controversy because of statements they recently made criticizing lawsuits…

Is the Latin mass the only solution to our mucked-up modern liturgy? A lot of people seem to think so, and Elizabeth Scalia over at Inside Catholic has weighed in, with her own vivid memories of growing up between the old rite and the new: How did it happen…that I found my favorite childhood hymn…

This Veterans Day brings us this meditation from a veteran, and a Jesuit, William Blazek, SJ, MD, courtesy the Washington Post’s On Faith section: One thing that has always struck this veteran about those who serve our nation in the armed forces is the incredible generosity with which they care for each other, the incredible…

The bishops meeting in Baltimore wasted no time getting down to work. Catholic News Service reports on one significant document already in the mix: a draft statement on the war in Iraq: Citing an alarming political and partisan stalemate in Washington, a draft statement discussed by the U.S. bishops Nov. 12 again laid out a…

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