Dennis Coday

NCR Today: Pope prepares to visit Myanmar and Bangladesh; Dublin archbishop concerned by gender issues in church; A history of the Second Amendment; Iowa parish opens time capsule found in cornerstone of old church.

NCR Today: Catholics doing their bit to save the planet; What we know about the GOP tax plan; Tea Party plans for our kids education; Detroit to beatify Capuchin Solanus Casey, the "go-to" guy for those who were sick, poor, afflicted or discouraged in their faith.

NCR Today: Wrapping up the Bishops' meeting in Baltimore; How Catholic Europe deals with dwindling numbers; A tax-cut plan that failed; Legion of Christ hid millions in tax havens.

NCR Today: Bishop meeting continues in Baltimore; Pressure builds on Roy Moore, Alabama Senate candidate, to withdraw; Execution in Ohio requires a pillow for inmate; No tax breaks for clean energy businesses; Guns, guns, and more guns. 

NCR Today: U.S. bishops meet in Baltimore; Will Republicans abandon Roy Moore? Building awareness of poverty; Trump in Asia; Why a Catholic couple decided not to marry in church.

Inside NCR: Editor Dennis Coday shares with readers something that has been nagging him for weeks. "It's an observation and really only a half-formed idea," he said. "I'm hoping NCR readers can help me fully form it."

NCR Today: Former US doctrine chief questions pope, the fallout begins; Notre Dame drops birth control coverage, and other contraceptive news; Read NCR's special series -- A Nation Under Trump; Francis falls asleep at prayer (that's true, not a commentary).

The president of the U.S. bishops' conference asserts "strong unity with and loyalty to the Holy Father" after a former staff member, who once led the bishops' doctrinal commission, questions Pope Francis.

NCR Today: Catholics pay political price for partnership with evangelicals; Russia influence probe files charges; Wuerl on liturgical translations; profiting from disaster; "The Life" from Global Sisters Report.

NCR Today: Obamacare enrollment opens amid confusion; Trump kinda declares war on opioids; the moral imperative of ecumenism; what you need to know before the bishops meet in Baltimore.

NCR Today: Air Force to return nuclear bombers to the highest alert; Francis tells Sarah to tread lightly with liturgical translations; Can #metoo make a difference?

NCR Today: Trump on health care: The sabotage continues; Trump's air campaign against ISIS is killing civilians; NCR urges, keep the Iran deal; The Rohingya people scream; Austrian elections move government right.

NCR Today: Columbus Day and the Doctrine of Discovery; President Trump protects religious freedom; More on the Boston College conference on 'Amoris Laetitia'; The latest sex abuse news; Safe drinking water transforms lives.

NCR Today: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons awarded Nobel Peace Prize; Women's Ordination Conference marks the feast day of St. Therese of Lisieux; Boston conference says "'Amoris Laetitia' rejects 'infantilization of laity.' "

NCR Today: Trump, Ryan and the Republican tax plan; some updates on clergy sex abuse; 8th Day Center begins to close its doors; Polish priest's gag order lifted.

NCR Today: Let's not forget hurricane victims; N.Korean brinkmanship hits new high; Disarming Beauty, a review; The Republican health care follies.

NCR Today: Natural disasters are back in the news; President Trump in top form at the United Nations; The story on Catholic internet trolls; Veteran journalist looks behind the news in South Sudan.

NCR Today: Magnum Principium reactions roll in; keeping tabs on Trump; the work of the sisters; Philippines human rights commission latest casualty in war on drugs.

For some, Pope Francis' Sept. 9 announcement, about decentralizing the Vatican's authority over translations of liturgical texts, capped a story that spans more than 50 years: the story of the "liturgy wars."

NCR Today: Steve Bannon disses Catholic bishops, bishops respond; Fr. Jim Martin attacked by trolls; Who are the Dreamers (little known stats); Pope Francis in Colombia.