I completely agree with Monsignor Damien Nalepa (CR, May 20) in which he states “Half of the guns turned in were lethal weapons capable of great harm.” In the city of Newark, N.J., violent deaths caused by guns have decreased over 60 percent, because of the gun buy-back. We are committed to the sanctity of...Read More

The Catholic Review (June 3) has given Tony Magliano another opportunity to promote his diatribe against the military, allowing him once again to do it during a time when we are to honor and remember those who have served our country and given their lives for us.Read More

I read of the recent St. Bernadine’s Spiritual Renewal Symposium. The theme was “There Is Power In The Name Of Jesus!” Four permanent deacons, Curtis Turner, Paul Shelton, Steven Rubio and Paul Barksdale, would be the only preachers at this four-day Symposium, which drew me to attend.Read More

I wanted to express my extreme displeasure at the column “A Catholic reflection on Memorial Day” (CR, June 3).Read More

MEXICO CITY – The pre-Christmas audience between Pope Benedict XVI and Enrique Pena Nieto, governor of the country’s most populous state, captured enormous attention in Mexico – and generated no shortage of scandalous headlines, too.Read More

WILMINGTON, Del. – For the past 36 years, Larry Bucci has traveled about 40 miles to Malvern, Pa., on the last weekend in April to participate in the Archbishop FitzMaurice men’s retreat at Malvern Retreat House, also known as St. Joseph’s-in-the-Hills.Read More

WASHINGTON – Across the faith spectrum this year, from the Sojourners to the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptists, prayer, education and advocacy are being taken up for the cause of immigration reform.Read More

OMAHA, Neb. – “I’ll trade you one archbishop for two priests.”Read More