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For more than six decades, NCR has reported on the issues shaping the Church and the world—holding authority accountable, amplifying marginalized voices, and pursuing the truth wherever it leads. Every day, readers turn to the National Catholic Reporter for journalism that is independent, trustworthy, and is unafraid to ask difficult questions.
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