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A man in Laredo, Texas, stacks relief boxes at the South Texas Food Bank March 20 during the coronavirus outbreak. (CNS/Reuters/Veronica G. Cardenas)

Pandemic crisis reveals impoverished understanding of solidarity

Apr 1, 2020

Distinctly Catholic: It will take more than COVID-19 to kill the ideologies of our day that distort our political landscape. But let's try slaying some of the ideological stupidities the crisis has brought into focus.

Pandemic economics create widespread upheaval, opportunities for reform

by Don Clemmer

Mar 31, 2020

The constraints of stay-at-home policies aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus are affecting workers — in parishes, the service industries, small businesses, etc. — and Catholic agencies and social advocates are trying to keep up with need while noting this crisis could bring about lasting societal transformation

People wearing protective gear wait in line to be tested for the coronavirus (COVID-19) outside Elmhurst Hospital Center in the Queens borough of New York City March 25. (CNS/Reuters/Stefan Jeremiah)

Commentary

Spirituality for a time of scarcity

by Charles E. Bouchard

Mar 27, 2020

Commentary: The need for sacrifices is just beginning to emerge. Shortages of equipment, medications and even personnel will force us to ration care. How should we as Christians think about this spiritually?

St. Archbishop Óscar Romero greets worshipers in San Salvador, El Salvador, in an undated photo. (CNS/Octavio Duran)

Editorial

Editorial: In his human 'evolution,' Romero is a saint for our time

by NCR Editorial Staff

Mar 26, 2020

The saintly designation tends to obscure the saint's ordinary flesh-and-blood reality. It is a tendency to resist at all costs when commemorating the 40th anniversary of the assassination of St. Óscar Romero.

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Pandemic crisis reveals impoverished understanding of solidarity

Pandemic economics create widespread upheaval, opportunities for reform

Spirituality for a time of scarcity

Editorial: In his human 'evolution,' Romero is a saint for our time

Virus forces Catholic agencies to scale back services for the homeless

What do we learn from this place where we don't want to be?

Catholic leaders praise Colorado's repeal of death penalty

Conscience decides if a lawyer can defend someone like Harvey Weinstein

State Department examines human rights issues in China, Myanmar, elsewhere

With callous timing, Detroit bishops bar LGBTQ group from Catholic grounds

Editorial: How do women convince a male clerical culture to change?

Supreme Court says 'Remain in Mexico' policy can be enforced for now

Beijing + 25: The 1995 platform for women remains a promise-in-waiting

Women petition Cardinal Gracias for more decision-making roles

UN report blasts religions' overreach, and the Holy See is not amused

Australia's High Court to hear Pell abuse appeal March 11

Despite threats, Frida Guerrera raises women's lost voices in Mexico

Demolition, family strife push boys to the streets of Nairobi

Jesuit Refugee Service worker tells migrants' stories in their own words

Dear white readers: Don't look away from the violence within you

Alabama executes inmate after Supreme Court denies last-minute stay

Chief Justice Roberts responds to Sen. Schumer's remarks at court rally

A divided court examines Louisiana abortion restrictions

What we need is an 'integral economy'

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