CURRENT ISSUE:   August 4, 2008   •   VOL. 46, NO. 14   •   Oakland, CA

Vatican approves new translation for parts of Mass Catholics unlikely to see approved changes to allow for catechesis on the reasons . . . >>>		Remembering and celebrating St. Mary's
Pope, al-Maliki discuss peace Prime Minister al-Maliki invited Pope Benedict XVI to visit Iraq to help support peacemaking efforts. . . >>>
Health care union pickets labor-friendly St. Joseph Sisters Union claims harassment and intimidation tactics by order of women religioius . . . >>>

New Chancery opens Diocesan employees walk along the shores of Lake Merritt July 17 toward their new offices at the Cathedral of Christ the Light. Their pilgrimage marked the close of the Chancery on Lakeshore Avenue and its opening at the corner of Harrison Street and 21st Street in downtown Oakland. The cathedral will be dedicated on Sept. 25. ernie grafe PHOTO