Catholic Letters is a daily Catholic publishing project covering prayer, the lives of the saints, the Mass readings, and the news of the Church. These standards describe how our content is researched, drafted, reviewed, and published.
Who writes for Catholic Letters
Daily content is produced by the Catholic Letters editorial team using AI-assisted drafting under human editorial review. Every article is reviewed and approved by an editor before publication; nothing is auto-published. The editorial team operates from the United States.
We consult primary Catholic sources, including the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Roman Martyrology, the lectionary readings published by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the relevant papal encyclicals, and standard reference works including the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) and Alban Butler’s Lives of the Saints.
What we publish
Catholic Letters publishes four daily content streams:
- Prayer of the Day — A historic Catholic prayer with its source, attribution, and a short reflection.
- Saint of the Day — The saint commemorated on today’s feast in the General Roman Calendar, with their life, legacy, and a short reflection.
- Today’s Mass Readings — A reflection on the day’s lectionary readings as published by the USCCB. We link to the USCCB’s official text rather than reproducing it.
- Church News — Reframed coverage of Catholic news with the originating source linked at first mention.
Sourcing
Every factual claim links to or cites a primary source. We do not republish copyrighted text from other publications. Scripture quotations use public-domain translations (Douay-Rheims or KJV) where direct quotation is needed. Historical prayers in the public domain are reproduced in full with attribution.
For news, we credit and link to the originating publication at first mention. Common signal sources include Aleteia, Catholic News Agency, Vatican News, the National Catholic Register, and Crux. We summarize and reframe; we do not paraphrase to evade citation.
For saints’ biographies we draw from the Catholic Encyclopedia, Butler’s Lives of the Saints, and the relevant religious order’s archives. Where dates cannot be verified with confidence, we say “around the X century” rather than invent a year.
Editorial voice
Our editorial voice is reverent but accessible, in the manner of a thoughtful parish priest. We avoid culture-war takes and partisan politics. We do not promise spiritual results in exchange for prayer. We do not report private revelations as Magisterial teaching.
What we don’t do
- We do not auto-publish. Every post is reviewed by a human editor.
- We do not republish another publication’s article, paraphrased or not.
- We do not take partisan political sides.
- We do not invent dates, miracles, or quotes. If a fact cannot be verified, we omit it or state the uncertainty.
- We do not modernize the language of historical prayers. We keep “thee” and “thy” where they appear in the source.
- We do not use clickbait headlines or rage-bait framing.
Corrections
If you find an error, please write to [email protected]. Substantive corrections are noted at the bottom of the affected post with the date of the correction. See our full Corrections Policy for details.
Contact
Editorial inquiries: [email protected]
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