After 50 years, the Palestinian issue is still on a slow burn
NCR Today: June 6, 2017, marked an ignominious anniversary, the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War and the subsequent 50-year Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian territories.
NCR Today
Papal abuse commission member suggests changes to group expected in fall
Rome: The composition of the advisory body may change at some point this fall, as the original three-year terms granted to individuals in the group expire.
New Knights of Malta leader genuflects before Francis in Vatican meeting
Vatican City -- Dalla Torre told Francis he was particularly moved by the encounter and had been following his papacy closely.
Morning Briefing
NCR Today: Thirteen guys in the Senate have a health care plan; NCR's former editor/publisher wins top Catholic press honor; Global Sisters invite you to take a virtual retreat.
Choosing to Inflict Pain
Republican Senators have deliberately decided to Do Harm. Their sham of a health care "replacement" bill takes cold blooded aim at depriving medical treatment for millions of the poorest among us. This is no unintended consequence but a direct shot at destroying human well-being. Much political strategy is murkier and legitimately arguable. This isn't. It's a despicable selling out to cruelty and greed. Taking away health care is terrible enough, but using those cuts to fund a massive tax bundle to the rich multiplies the wrong doing.
Friends from seminary days gather at Redemptorist center to bury friend's ashes
The Field Hospital: In the hills above Tucson, Arizona, at the Redemptorist Renewal Center, our group of priests, former priests and seminarians gather to bury our friend's ashes.
Morning Briefing, International
Senate healthcare bill expected to cut back Medicaid expansion; Sprituality, ecology and science form Web of Life; Trump to visit UK despite omission in queen's speech
Parish roundup: Memphis shakeup; muscle cars for vocations
The Field Hospital: Nearly two-thirds of the Memphis Diocese's active priests are being reassigned; California parish remembers Orlando victims; altar goes to synagogue.
The future of the priesthood looks more hopeful
NCR Today: No one would accuse the latest crop of seminarians and newly ordained as being wildly liberal, but change is evident, especially in the area of social justice.
Morning Briefing
NCR Today: Detroit synod; Central African Republic gets church-mediated peace; Democracy in the church; World's largest refugee settlement; Are Protestants concealing sex abuse scandals?
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In This Issue
June 16-29, 2017
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