WASHINGTON - The Catholic woman whose efforts to free her wrongly imprisoned brother became the inspiration for the new motion picture “Conviction” still advocates for the cause of prisoners whenever she gets a chance.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Bishops must guide their faithful to use their vote to oppose efforts to legalize abortion and euthanasia, Pope Benedict XVI told bishops from Brazil.Read More

As he stood with a medal hanging from his neck, Deacon Richard W. Montalto could only smile as the packed church rained applause upon him.Read More

SAN DIEGO – After a California court Oct. 22 ordered the release of documents from the Dioceses of San Diego and San Bernardino related to past cases of improper sexual conduct of four dozen priests, more than 10,000 pages of material was made public.Read More

Located high atop the Andes Mountains at an elevation of 14,000 feet, a small feeding center in Pampallacta, Peru, attracts 350 children every day – some of whom walk as many as three hours to get their daily meal.Read More

I am a new subscriber to The Catholic Review and I want to say how much I enjoy the crossword puzzle. Unlike other newspaper crossword puzzles which make me feel dumb when I don’t know many of the clues for movies and other arcane references, this crossword has links to my Catholic identity. I can...Read More

What happens when we die? As we approach November, the month dedicated to prayer for the faithful departed, what happens to the departed faithful?Read More

On Oct. 3, we celebrated Respect Life Sunday. In our intercessions we prayed for newborn babies, for married couples, for government leaders, those in prisons, hospitals and at home who are near death. We prayed for the elderly, those threatened by violence, women who have had abortions, as well as those who are in their...Read More