Why can’t the Vatican just keep out of Protestants’ lives? If Episcopalians want to convert to Catholicism, I’m sure they can figure out how that works.

Europe is largely Catholic, yet very few Europeans attend church with any regularity. Maybe the…

It’s wonderful to see St. Louis Catholics who don’t feel embarrassed by their archbishop. At the same time, however, some caution is in order. While Bishop Robert Carlson is perhaps less extreme than Archbishop Raymond Burke, there’s no reason to…

Ms. Campbell’s column on Pope Benedict and the HIV crisis in Africa (”Pope Was Right to Challenge the Cult of the Condom”, March 26) will no doubt draw quite a bit of ire. Some will suggest she is putting religious…

Colleen Carroll Campbell’s Mar. 26 article titled “The Pope is right to challenge the cult of the condom” should have been prefaced with one important fact: The Catholic Church considers the use of condoms or any other form of artificial…

Colleen Campbell, George W. Bush, and the Pope are all correct in saying that abstinence prevents both pregnancy and STDs. Fasting prevents obesity too. The problem is that neither works because people are driven by hormones to have sex and…

Re: St. Stan’s priest is stripped of duties.

I can’t believe what I read. Fr. Bozek is removed from the priesthood. He is pastor of St. Stanislaus attempting to conduct this parish according the theology of Vatican II Council. The Vatican…

Once again the Catholic church has revealed its ugly, hateful, and hypocritical side. It has chosen to dump Rev. Bozek because he has not followed the dictates of the Church. What offense he has actually committed is that he has…

I’m both amused and saddened by the knee jerk response on the part of the Catholic hierarchy to the possible enactment of the FOCA bill.

Is it appropriate that a religious organisation that bars women from its officiating ranks, enforces celibacy…

Reports of an attempted “takeover” of Catholic Charities by interim Bishop Robert Hermann are unfounded. It is a fundamental principle of Church law that “when the diocese is vacant, nothing may be innovated.” As temporary Administrator of the archdiocese, Hermann…

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch took note of the passing of Bishop Edward J. O’[Donnell, emphasizing his role as a bishop. Those of us who knew and worked alongside him also knew him as a pioneer in inter-faith relations and a…