NCR Today

NCR Today is the group blog of NCR. Each member of our diverse team of bloggers writes on different topics, including the politics of the church and secular society (and the interaction between the two), culture, management of the church and more.

Tamika Palmer, the mother of Breonna Taylor, weeps during a Sept. 15 news conference announcing a $12 million civil settlement between the Taylor's estate and the city of Louisville, Kentucky. (CNS/Reuters/Bryan Woolston)

The Francis Effect podcast: Baptism, the Breonna Taylor settlement and Mass in Milwaukee

by NCR Staff

Sep 23, 2020

Listen: NCR's Heidi Schlumpf has joined "The Francis Effect" podcast for its new season as a co-host with Franciscan Fr. Dan Horan and David Dault. The podcast is available on NCR's site and various podcast apps.

Your thoughts on parish instructions and invalid baptisms

by NCR Staff

Sep 18, 2020

Your thoughts: More NCR readers responded to the recent Vatican instructions that Catholic parishes should normally be led by priests. The Vatican also announced that changing the words of the formula for baptism renders the sacrament invalid, causing a bit of a theological debate.

Copy Desk Daily, Sept. 18, 2020

by Teresa Malcolm

Sep 18, 2020

NCR Today: The Copy Desk Daily highlights the latest news and opinion that have crossed copy editors' desks, on the way to readers.

Copy Desk Daily, Sept. 17, 2020

by Teresa Malcolm

Sep 17, 2020

NCR Today: The Copy Desk Daily highlights the latest news and opinion that have crossed copy editors' desks, on the way to readers.

The Francis Effect podcast: Baptism, the Breonna Taylor settlement and Mass in Milwaukee

Your thoughts on parish instructions and invalid baptisms

Copy Desk Daily, Sept. 18, 2020

Copy Desk Daily, Sept. 17, 2020

Copy Desk Daily, Sept. 16, 2020

Copy Desk Daily, Sept. 15, 2020

Your thoughts on the abortion discussion

Copy Desk Daily, Sept. 11, 2020

Copy Desk Daily, Sept. 10, 2020

The Francis Effect podcast: Political conventions, Catholic politics and the Season of Creation

Copy Desk Daily, Sept. 9, 2020

Copy Desk Daily, Sept. 8, 2020

Copy Desk Daily, Sept. 7, 2020

Copy Desk Daily, Sept. 4, 2020

Your thoughts on Kamala Harris as Veep pick

Copy Desk Daily, Sept. 3, 2020

Copy Desk Daily, Sept. 2, 2020

Copy Desk Daily, Sept. 1, 2020

Copy Desk Daily, Aug. 31, 2020

Your thoughts on the Vatican instruction for parishes

Copy Desk Daily, Aug. 28, 2020

Copy Desk Daily, Aug. 27, 2020

Copy Desk Daily, Aug. 26, 2020

Copy Desk Daily, Aug. 25, 2020

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