Welcome to Chicago Catholic. Given that the newspaper turns 125 this year, it seemed as good a time as any to reimagine the way we bring you news and views from around the archdiocese and the wider church. The New World, as the paper was called when it launched, took its title from the 1893 World’s Fair, which marked the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ arrival in the New World. Under Cardinal John Cody, the paper became the Chicago Catholic. It reverted to the New World under Cardinal Joseph Bernardin (Cardinal Francis George added the “Catholic”). “Chicago Catholic,” we hope, better conveys whom we serve — the Catholics of the Archdiocese of Chicago — and what we cover. As you’ve doubtless noted, the size and look of the paper have changed. The design firm Crosby Associates has completely redesigned the paper Clean, contemporary, smart. We think it looks great. And we hope you do too. Chicago Catholic will feature new regular contributors, including Jesuit Father James Keenan, an ethicist at Boston College; Don Wycliff, a former editorial board member of the Chicago Tribune and the New York Times; and Kerry Robinson, executive director of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management. They will join other writers we brought into the fold over the past year: New Testament scholar Passionist Father Donald Senior, who pens a superb Scripture column; and the journalist Christopher Lamb, who covers the Vatican for us from Rome. With these changes will come another: The Catholic New World had been published, well, religiously, every two weeks. This meant that two months a year we’d put out three issues — no mean feat, given the size of our staff. Reducing the number of print issues from 26 to 24 seemed the wiser course, especially considering the flexibility of digital publishing. Of course, we will extend all subscriptions by two issues to cover this reduction. Speaking of digital publishing, a completely revamped website is in the offing. We’ll have more to say about that soon, but for the time being, suffice it to say that the death of Catholic print journalism has been greatly exaggerated. We hope you enjoy and are enriched by the new-look Chicago Catholic.