Righting the American Dream: How the Media Mainstreamed Reagan's Evangelical Vision by Diane Winston is a measured and meticulously detailed account of the Reagan era and its significance for today.
Michael Sean Winters has advice for U.S. bishops ahead of this year's elections: "Does what I intend to say or do help unite the Body of Christ? And if the answer is no, it is better to say nothing at all."
By aligning itself with Trump, the pro-life cause finds itself in a long line of people and causes damaged irreparably by hitching their bandwagon to the former president, writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.
I will forever ask, "Why?" Why couldn't I be ordained by my own church for service in hospice, hospital, a retreat center, the military, a women's prison, a battered women's shelter, a parish church?
The event "Do Not Be Afraid: March and Vigil for Human Dignity," commissioned by the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, the Hope Border Institute and others, was about remembrance of the past and protest of the present.
Dignitas Infinita "is a painful missed opportunity for the church to signal its willingness for dialogue," writes Stephen McNulty. "It didn't have to be this way."
Pope Francis and his international Council of Cardinals continued their discussions about the role of women in the church, listening to women experts, including a professor who spoke about how culture impacts women's roles and status.
Listen: In The Vatican Briefing, Joshua McElwee and Christopher White discuss the Vatican's document Dignitas Infinita. And they speak with a Vatican journalist about his book-length interview with Pope Francis.
Undoubtedly the widespread use of plastic has made life easier and made many products less expensive and therefore within the reach of more people. The problem is that plastic is not good for our planet.
"We, like most congregations, believe the life force that flows through creation, through our land, through the animals, through humanity, is sacred," says Sinsinawa Dominican Sr. Julie Schwab.
Though campus conversations about food are often students griping about dining hall meals, an April 9 panel discussion at St. Mary's College in Indiana explored the issues of food waste and the future of food.
Humanity must have more direct contact with nature to counter the modern lifestyles that are destroying the planet, Pope Francis told members of the Italian Catholic Movement of Adult Scouts during a meeting at the Vatican April 13.
Righting the American Dream: How the Media Mainstreamed Reagan's Evangelical Vision by Diane Winston is a measured and meticulously detailed account of the Reagan era and its significance for today.
Rabbi Abraham Skorka and Pope Francis have studied and grieved the Holocaust together many times, but the pope's new memoir offered Skorka fresh insight into why they share a special concern about this painful issue.
I encountered God in the movie theater watching "Manjummel Boys." The true story behind it illustrates Jesus' words: "No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends."
"Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" might be a fun two-hour escape from reality, but it spoke to writer Jonathan Tomick about accepting God's call to step into difficulty.
The event featured Catholic sisters and representatives of key organizations battling human trafficking, who discussed pivotal partnerships, technology and programs helping to prevent trafficking and to aid survivors.
From A Nun's Life podcasts – Srs. Jill Underdahl and Cathy Steffens of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in St. Paul, Minnesota. discuss what they consider the best part of religious life.
Sisters from six African countries gathered in Entebbe, Uganda, to learn strategies and income-generating ideas for their ministries, largely in social services.
