Christopher White

The Christian social justice magazine Sojourners unpublished an article about the church and white power advocates. The article angered some Catholics, while the decision to pull the online article upset others.

Rectors and leaders of U.S. seminaries are focused on the immediate technical questions of reopening, and larger questions of what all of this means for seminary formation in the short and long term.

The Los Angeles auxiliary bishop and Word on Fire founder invited a group of Catholic media professionals for a July 29 Zoom meeting to discuss "disturbing trends in the online Catholic world."

The former vice president, who could be on the cusp of becoming the second Catholic president of the U.S., is hands down the most comfortable Democratic politician of his generation talking about his faith.

As allegations of serial sexual misconduct against Catholic composer David Haas continue to mount, a leading supplier of sacred music has vowed an investigation into how one of the church's best selling musicians' record of predatory behavior avoided scrutiny and accountability.

More than 100 vehicles parked across from Indianapolis' Catholic Center for a socially distant "Rally for Equality Caravan," calling on the archbishop to roll back new Catholic school policies on transgender students.

A new report by Leadership Roundtable recommends establishing national standards for financial management for dioceses across the U.S. It also calls for the church to invest in young adults interested in ministry.

Organizers of the largest annual gathering of Catholics in the United States have suspended plans for an in-person gathering in 2021 and will instead host a virtual meeting next year. 

A poll from the Pew Research Center released July 1 showed the president's disapproval rating among white Catholics is at 45%, up from 42% in January of this year. Among Hispanic Catholics, his disapproval figures are even higher — clocking in at 74% in June, compared to 72% in January. 

The Indianapolis Archdiocese has issued new guidelines warning that transgender students may not be allowed to enroll in its Catholic schools. The document, obtained by NCR, was signed into effect on June 8.

A Wyoming prosecutor has agreed to another review of the recommended charges against retired Cheyenne Bishop Joseph Hart, less than two weeks after informing the alleged victim at the center of the case that he would not pursue the matter.

Catholic leaders are praising the U.S. Supreme Court's decision rejecting President Donald Trump's efforts to end DACA, while also urging immediate action be taken to provide permanent protection to more than 650,000 immigrants who for years have long faced an uncertain legal fate. 

Across the country, priests have used their homilies, bulletins and parish social media to promote Archbishop Viganò, who has been heralded by many right-wing Catholics as leading the resistance to Francis' papacy.

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York and Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn joined about 25,000 New Yorkers who took to the streets for a Jan. 5 "Solidarity March" in protest of anti-Semitism.