National Catholic Reporter | The Independent News Source

Oct 25, 2021

Michael Sean Winters: In claiming "any suggestion that EWTN is unfaithful to the Church, the Second Vatican Council, or the Holy See is simply vindictive and false," Archbishop Charles Chaput supports the network's continued effort to claim the mantle of orthodoxy for themselves while casting aspersions on the pope's orthodoxy.

Book Review

How Ignatius of Loyola can help us break through the barrier of racism

by Patrick Saint-Jean

Oct 22, 2021

"[Racism] separates our own hearts from connection with the true God, the God of Love and Life," Jesuit Regent Patrick Saint Jean writes in a new book. "The work of antiracism requires that we work at both levels: fighting the external social forces while at the same time we rearrange our own internal priorities."

Opinion

A woman offers her confession to a priest in California in a 2019 file photo. (CNS/Chaz Muth)

Contributor

What if you experience harm instead of healing in the confessional?

by Flora x. Tang

Oct 26, 2021

Commentary: Countless Catholics on social media have shared experiences of harm by priests in the confessional booth — verbal and spiritual abuse, sexism, inappropriate conduct and out-of-touch priestly counsel.

Contributor

Is your diocese promoting the synod? No matter what, you can still participate

by Christine Schenk

Oct 26, 2021

Commentary: Sr. Christine Schenk's review of major U.S. dioceses' websites presents a heartening (though inconclusive) picture of synod events planned by church leaders of both "liberal" and "conservative" persuasions.

Views

Links: Latino voters in Virginia; Missouri's MAGA warrior; flying on French-fry fuel

Oct 26, 2021

Column | The Francis Chronicles

Francis, the comic strip

Oct 26, 2021

Editorial

Editorial: Bishops must commit to saving the Earth now

by NCR Editorial Staff

Oct 25, 2021

Views

Archbishop Chaput calls Pope Francis a liar

Oct 25, 2021

Vatican

Contributor

Is your diocese promoting the synod? No matter what, you can still participate

by Christine Schenk

Oct 26, 2021

The Francis Chronicles

Francis, the comic strip

Oct 26, 2021

Francis, the comic strip: Brother Leo is coming home with a big surprise.

Pope says he hopes to visit Papua New Guinea, East Timor

by Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service

Oct 25, 2021

Vatican formalizes process for approving liturgical translations

Oct 25, 2021

Synod of Bishops official stresses pope's focus on 'a primacy of listening that works from the bottom up'

by Christopher White

Oct 23, 2021

Vatican census shows Catholicism growing everywhere but Europe

by Claire Giangrave, Religion News Service

Oct 22, 2021

Politics

Rolls-Royce, working with Boeing and World Energy, carries out a successful test flight of its 747 Flying Testbed aircraft using 100% sustainable aviation fuel. (Courtesy of Rolls-Royce)

Views

Links: Latino voters in Virginia; Missouri's MAGA warrior; flying on French-fry fuel

Oct 26, 2021

Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Discussing labor, religion and politics at Collegeville; GOP efforts to win over Virginia's Latino voters; on free speech, Andrew Sullivan gets it right.

Editorial

Editorial: Bishops must commit to saving the Earth now

by NCR Editorial Staff

Oct 25, 2021

We say: Bishops and Catholics with authority over physical plants in the U.S. must take every action they can to limit emissions and transition to clean energy now. Not in five or ten years. Now.

Discontent with Biden administration grows among immigrant advocates

Oct 22, 2021

Your thoughts on pro-life or pro-choice

by NCR Staff

Oct 22, 2021

Links: "Maid" and working, single moms; sustainable energy; our neighbors in Latin America

Oct 21, 2021

Voting rights demonstration leads to faith leaders' arrests outside White House

by Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service

Oct 20, 2021

People

In this Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021 photo, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, leads a Mass at the St. Sofia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Orthodox patriarch hospitalized at start of 12-day US visit

by The Associated Press

Oct 25, 2021

The spiritual leader of the world’s 200 million Eastern Orthodox Christians was hospitalized Sunday in Washington on the first full day of a planned 12-day U.S. visit.

Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard his flight from Bratislava, Slovakia, to Rome Sept. 15, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope says he hopes to visit Papua New Guinea, East Timor

by Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service

Oct 25, 2021

Pope Francis said he hopes to continue traveling next year, including making visits to countries in Oceania and Southeast Asia.

Mothers of disappeared migrants plead in U.S. for help finding loved ones

by West Virginia Interfaith Power & Light Steering Committee

Oct 25, 2021

Mundelein Seminary in Illinois marks 100 years of forming priests

by Michelle Martin, Catholic News Service

Oct 25, 2021

As a first-time Latino father, here's how I will raise my son using 'just parenting'

by John Paul Ramírez

Oct 23, 2021

Remembering Partition of Ireland, Christian leaders vow to work together

by Michael Kelly, Catholic News Service

Oct 22, 2021

EarthBeat

A dump truck hauls coal and sediment near Rock Springs, Wyoming, in 2017. Mining is one of many examples of the destruction of natural resources. (CNS/Reuters/Jim Urquhart)

In the face of catastrophic climate change, sisters join call for a just transition

by Chris Herlinger

Oct 25, 2021

Catholic sisters and organizations are working on a just transition to a sustainable planet through actions to fight climate change and to move workers away from jobs that contribute to greenhouse-gas emissions say the transition is moral, practical and imperative.

San Francisco is seen around noontime on Sept. 9, 2020, as wildfires in the Pacific Northwest turned the sky an ominious orange haze, and blanketed the city in darkness. (Unsplash/Patrick Perkins)

Like prior stand against nuclear weapons, climate emergency calls for bold leadership from US bishops

by Mary Jo McConahay

Oct 23, 2021

Once before, U.S. bishops issued a collective public address on an existential issue from the point of faith and morals when the future of the world hung in the balance. Then, it was nuclear weapons. Today, it should be climate change.

EarthBeat Weekly: Ahead of COP26, checking the temperature on public opinions about climate change

by Brian Roewe

Oct 22, 2021

Catholic groups outline priorities ahead of Glasgow COP26 climate change summit

by Brian Roewe

Oct 22, 2021

West Virginia faith community to Joe Manchin: Listen to Pope Francis, support bold climate investments that benefit our state

Oct 21, 2021

Climate crisis at forefront of agenda for Parliament of the World's Religions

by Nidhi Upadhyaya, Religion News Service

Oct 20, 2021

Culture

Tyler, the Creator receives the International Male Solo Artist award at the Brit Awards Feb. 18, 2020, at the O2 Arena in London. (Newscom/PA Wire via ZUMA Press/Matt Crossick)

'Call Me If You Get Lost' and the evolution of Tyler, the Creator

by Elizabeth (Ro) Ajiduah

Oct 23, 2021

As a Black Catholic teenager, seeing a Black man who is in the alternative space has affirmed my identity in such an important way. Tyler, the Creator's music has helped me to think more deeply about redemption and what it means to shed toxic masculinity.

Pope Francis is interviewed at the Vatican for "Stories of a Generation," a Netflix series based on the pope's book, "Sharing the Wisdom of Time." (CNS photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)

The Francis Chronicles

'What is love?' Pope, other elders share stories for Netflix

Oct 22, 2021

Pope Francis, Martin Scorsese, Jane Goodall and a group of less famous "over 70s" talk to young filmmakers about love in the first episode of a four-part documentary.

With numbers growing in U.S., more Hispanics involved in church, community

by Jo Ann Zuñiga, Catholic News Service

Oct 21, 2021

Two books reflect on America in the time of the pandemic

by Timothy Kelly

Oct 16, 2021

20 years later, looking at del Toro's 'Devil's Backbone,' sin and monsters

by Sergio Bermudez

Oct 15, 2021

'Jesus Christ Superstar': The controversial musical phenomenon turns 50

by Kathryn Post, Religion News Service

Oct 9, 2021

World

Orthodox patriarch hospitalized at start of 12-day US visit

by The Associated Press

Oct 25, 2021

The spiritual leader of the world’s 200 million Eastern Orthodox Christians was hospitalized Sunday in Washington on the first full day of a planned 12-day U.S. visit.

An altar server holds a copy of the Roman Missal during Mass at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Alexandria, Va., in this 2011 file photo. (CNS photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec)

Vatican formalizes process for approving liturgical translations

Oct 25, 2021

The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments published an executive decree formalizing the responsibility of bishops' conferences for judging the accuracy and suitability of liturgical translations and adaptations.

Vatican census shows Catholicism growing everywhere but Europe

by Claire Giangrave, Religion News Service

Oct 22, 2021

Remembering Partition of Ireland, Christian leaders vow to work together

by Michael Kelly, Catholic News Service

Oct 22, 2021

Kidnapping in Haiti prompts worries about other church workers' safety

by Kurt Jensen, Catholic News Service

Oct 21, 2021

Myanmar military arrests seven Caritas workers

Oct 20, 2021

Global Sisters Report

Silvia Gutierrez, a member of the Immaculate Heart Community and executive director of Safe Parking LA (Courtesy of Silvia Gutierrez)

Q & A with Silvia Gutierrez, helping people who live in their cars in Los Angeles

by Soli Salgado

Oct 26, 2021

Led by Immaculate Heart Community member Silvia Gutierrez, Safe Parking LA aims to convert Los Angeles County's underutilized parking lots for city residents experiencing homelessness with vehicles.

A health care worker receives a dose of Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine Feb. 9 in Lima, Peru. Peru's bishops denounced the giving of vaccines to VIPs instead of essential workers after the vaccine became available. (CNS/Reuters/Sebastian Castaneda)

As COVID-19 cases wane in Latin America, geopolitical landscape remains dire

by Soli Salgado

Oct 21, 2021

Eighteen months in, the coronavirus pandemic has ravaged Latin America. While the situation is improving, the historic social and political factors in the region that exacerbated the catastrophe remain intact.

Sr. Helen Prejean, other panelists urge Catholics to discuss death penalty at parish level

by Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service

Oct 20, 2021

Inequities in world's food system have only worsened during pandemic

by Chris Herlinger

Oct 15, 2021

Medical Mission Sisters' Deepalaya farm is an oasis in Madhya Pradesh

Outraged at mistreatment of Haitians, sisters take Biden administration to task

by Chris Herlinger

Oct 7, 2021

Justice

Karen Morales of Honduras talks about her brother, Aaron Eleazar Carrasco Turcios, who went missing nine years ago in Mexico, while standing with other women with the Caravan of Mothers of Disappeared Migrants on Capitol Hill in Washington Oct. 19, 2021.

Mothers of disappeared migrants plead in U.S. for help finding loved ones

Oct 25, 2021

The Caravan of Mothers of the Disappeared helped spotlight the plight of the group of women, who made a stop in Washington Oct. 19 to meet with members of Congress.

Editorial

Editorial: Bishops must commit to saving the Earth now

by NCR Editorial Staff

Oct 25, 2021

We say: Bishops and Catholics with authority over physical plants in the U.S. must take every action they can to limit emissions and transition to clean energy now. Not in five or ten years. Now.

Discontent with Biden administration grows among immigrant advocates

Oct 22, 2021

A new beginning? Listening for a synodal church

by Miguel H. Díaz

Oct 22, 2021

Panelists urge Catholics to discuss death penalty at parish level

by Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service

Oct 21, 2021

Kidnapping in Haiti prompts worries about other church workers' safety

by Kurt Jensen, Catholic News Service

Oct 21, 2021

Accountability

Contributor

What if you experience harm instead of healing in the confessional?

by Flora x. Tang

Oct 26, 2021

Pope Francis gestures in front of Father Peter Harman, rector of the Pontifical North American College, as he meets seminarians from the college during his general audience at the Vatican Sept. 29, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope shares survivor's letter pleading for clergy to face truth of abuse

by Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service

Oct 18, 2021

An adult survivor of abuse by a priest appealed to the world's seminarians to become good priests and to make sure the "bitter truth" always prevails, not silence about scandals and their cover-up.

Seal of confession a topic of debate after French abuse report

Oct 15, 2021

Polish bishops, at Vatican, call punishment for abuse cover-up lopsided

by Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service

Oct 14, 2021

Abuse report only first step in long reckoning for French Catholic Church

by Antoine de Tarlé

Oct 14, 2021

Europe court rejects case seeking to blame Vatican for abuse

by Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press

Oct 12, 2021

Coronavirus

Italian dioceses urge vaccination, adopt measures for volunteers

Oct 20, 2021

The presiding council of the Italian bishops' conference urged individual bishops and regional bishops' conferences to consider drawing up vaccination norms.

Anti-vaccine protesters hold placards during a march against COVID-19 vaccinations Sept. 18 in Cape Town, South Africa. (CNS/Reuters/Mike Hutchings)

Catholics in Africa fight dual battles: COVID-19 vaccine scarcity, skepticism

by Patrick Egwu, Saint Ekpali

Oct 20, 2021

As access to coronavirus vaccines continues to be limited in Africa, Catholic officials across the continent are struggling to maintain prevention measures, fight misinformation and convince those who can to get themselves vaccinated.

Cardinal Burke still facing 'intensive process' of recovery from coronavirus

Oct 19, 2021

Two books reflect on America in the time of the pandemic

by Timothy Kelly

Oct 16, 2021

'Pro-lifers' make suicide pact with anti-vaxxers

Oct 15, 2021

Latino Catholics are among the most vaccinated religious groups. Here's why.

by Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service

Oct 15, 2021

Parish

Contributor

Is your diocese promoting the synod? No matter what, you can still participate

by Christine Schenk

Oct 26, 2021

The faithful wear masks and some wear gloves as they receive Communion at the first English Mass with faithful present at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles, June 7, 2020. (AP)

Latino Catholics are among the most vaccinated religious groups. Here's why.

by Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service

Oct 15, 2021

The Pew Research Center found that 82% of Catholic adults said they were at least partially vaccinated as of August — data that included 86% of Latino Catholics and 79% of white Catholics.

Vandalism at Denver's cathedral is latest incident against local churches

Oct 14, 2021

New York diocese's unexpected removal of popular CNN priest roils parish

by Brian Fraga

Oct 8, 2021

The quiet revolution of German Catholics

by Youna Rivallain, La Croix International

Oct 5, 2021

A year after 'Fratelli Tutti,' it's time the church move from dreaming to doing

by Marcus Mescher

Oct 4, 2021

Spirituality

Contributor

What if you experience harm instead of healing in the confessional?

by Flora x. Tang

Oct 26, 2021

Pencil Preaching

Rebirth in hope

Oct 25, 2021

Pencil Preaching for Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Stand up for righteousness

Oct 24, 2021

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