LGBTQ+ Catholic existence and inclusion is not a choice or an institutional stance — it is an inevitability, Emma Cieslik writes.
The sociologist cites the administration failing to cultivate a mission-oriented faculty, a lack of bold leadership in addressing culturally unpopular Catholic positions, and unrealistic scholarly exp ...
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Charles "Sonny" Burton, sparing the 75-year-old inmate from a scheduled execution on March 12.
Bishop Paolo Martinelli, based in Abu Dhabi, finds himself guiding a church that must navigate pastoral life amid geopolitical shock waves. The church itself has had to adapt, he told NCR in a recent ...
NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters reports back from the annual Way Forward gathering of bishops, theologians and other church leaders, who this year considered the challenges posed by social media ...
A monumental mosaic designed by French artist Sister Samuelle aims to help survivors "piece the fragments back together and ...
As we journey through Lent, the cross invites us to sit with both anguish and surrender, to encounter grief in its fullness and depth.
A Chaldean Catholic bishop in California has been arrested and jailed on several financial crimes charges. Bishop Emanuel ...
"If you don't think it's going to affect you because it hasn't affected you right now, well, it's only a matter of time ...
Catholics from a number of U.S. dioceses participated in an immigration advocacy day March 5 on Capitol Hill, giving voice to ...
The long-held practice of faith leaders ministering to detained migrants has become far more contentious — and consequential — as detention numbers soar across the United States during the federal ...
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