No matter how upset an author may be by a review of his or her book the conventional wisdom is not to write a letter in response The letter will only draw more attention to the critical review and the author is likely to come across as petty and defensive Garry Wills a frequent contributor to t

Almost two years after its Advent 2011 introduction the new Missal is still generating unhappiness among U S Catholic priests according to a new survey which found quot widespread skepticism quot about the litrugy revisions According to the study 59 percent of the 1 500 priests surveyed quot

I have read and re-read Dr Stacie Beck rsquo s article quot Just Economics quot I still wonder who these Catholic ldquo social justice advocates rdquo are whom Dr Beck is criticizing She names only a fourth grade religion text Not having seen that text one presumes that she may be right mda

As the conflict in Syria reached new depths of depravity this week the Syriac Catholic Patriarch nbsp Ignatius Joseph III Younan expressed his frustration with Western powers in an interview with Doreen Abi Raad of nbsp Catholic New Service in Beirut Describing the morale of Syria 39 s Christian

A 'poem on a postcard' by John Cogley

Unwilling to live with the horror of burning children a consequence of U S napalm bombings in Vietnam a group of Catholic peace activists decided to make a bold attempt to end the war mdash or at least slow down its buildup On May 17 1968 two women and seven men including two priests Dan and