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Karen Morales of Honduras talks about her brother, Aaron Eleazar Carrasco Turcios, who went missing nine years ago in Mexico, while standing with other women with the Caravan of Mothers of Disappeared Migrants on Capitol Hill in Washington Oct. 19, 2021.

Mothers of disappeared migrants plead in U.S. for help finding loved ones

Oct 25, 2021

The Caravan of Mothers of the Disappeared helped spotlight the plight of the group of women, who made a stop in Washington Oct. 19 to meet with members of Congress.

A coal-fired power-plant is seen along the Ohio River in Moundsville, West Virginia, in this 2017 file photo. (CNS/Reuters/Brian Snyder)

Editorial

Editorial: Bishops must commit to saving the Earth now

by NCR Editorial Staff

Oct 25, 2021

We say: Bishops and Catholics with authority over physical plants in the U.S. must take every action they can to limit emissions and transition to clean energy now. Not in five or ten years. Now.

Migrant girls, who are asylum-seekers sent back to Mexico from the U.S. under the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy, are seen playing at a provisional campsite near the Rio Bravo in Matamoros, Mexico, Feb. 27, 2020. The policy is officially

Discontent with Biden administration grows among immigrant advocates

by Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service

Oct 22, 2021

Immigrant advocates recently walked away from an online meeting with Biden administration officials to protest a move that will revive a Trump-era policy blocking people seeking asylum from entering the U.S.

The Holy Spirit, traditionally depicted as a dove, is pictured in a stained-glass window at St. John Vianney Church in Lithia Springs, Georgia, in this May 4, 2015, file photo. (CNS/Georgia Bulletin/Michael Alexander)

Column | Theology en la Plaza

A new beginning? Listening for a synodal church

by Miguel H. Díaz

Oct 22, 2021

Theology en la Plaza: This synodal process invites all the faithful, in particular our leaders, to do some soul-searching. We must listen intently, especially to those who have been marginalized in Catholic spaces. Church leaders must embrace a new beginning.

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Mothers of disappeared migrants plead in U.S. for help finding loved ones

Editorial: Bishops must commit to saving the Earth now

Discontent with Biden administration grows among immigrant advocates

A new beginning? Listening for a synodal church

Panelists urge Catholics to discuss death penalty at parish level

Kidnapping in Haiti prompts worries about other church workers' safety

Myanmar military arrests seven Caritas workers

The Francis Effect podcast: Popular movements, paternity leave, and climate change

Migrant shelter in southern Mexico denounces raid by armed individuals

After court order, DHS officials aim to resume 'Remain in Mexico' policy

Francis has shifted teaching on just war theory, US military instructors say

By protecting land, sisters leave a legacy and 'gift it to the planet'

UN nuncio denounces nuclear weapons, other weapons of mass destruction

Vatican warns of use of cryptocurrency in migrant smuggling

5 reasons why Catholics should care about the COP26 climate summit

LA church's jubilee year a chance to face sins of California mission history

Italy high court nixes arrest warrant for Vatican suspect

Forced to flee Afghanistan, Catholic mission waits to start a 'new page'

Why Catholics should use preferred gender pronouns and names

Theologians affirm 'Black Theology Matters' at symposium

One year later, advocates pressure for charges to be dropped in toppling of Serra statue

It's past time for the US and other nuclear powers to disarm

Is the tide turning on LGBT firings at Catholic schools?

Catholic bishops urge Missouri leaders to end executions

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