NCR Editorial Staff

We say: To prevent irrelevancy, the commission must ensure that survivors have direct participation in its work and the commission itself needs a strong, public endorsement by Francis.

We say: Charlottesville reveals the weeping wound of racism that white Americans try mightily to ignore, hide or rationalize. The question we have before us is: What do we, the American Catholic faith community, do next?

We say: We call on bishops to continue the work of developing the doctrine of sexuality that began in Vatican II.