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The Vatican's deal with China

by Michael Sainsbury, Catholic News Service

Sep 24, 2018

Finally, the Vatican has done a deal with China, or rather with the ruling Chinese Communist Party that has been conducting an escalating program of repression against religion.

Blog | NCR Today

NCR Today: NCR reports from V Encuentro in Grapevine, Texas, and with Pope Francis in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Web developer sues Knights of Columbus. One more unwelcome mat on our national front stoop.

Column | Distinctly Catholic

US bishops won't restore trust with announced plans to stop abuse

by Michael Sean Winters

Sep 24, 2018

Distinctly Catholic: If the steps they announced are any indication, the bishops have a long way to go before their efforts will heal the church from the abuse scandals and earn back people's confidence.

A beach in Suva, Fiji (Wikimedia Commons/Matthias Süßen)

Blog | Eco Catholic

Vatican must keep up its clear, inspiring leadership in climate crisis

by Archbishop Peter Chong

Sep 24, 2018

Eco Catholic: The cries of the suffering remind us that we cannot rest on our laurels. In our home of Oceania, rising seas driven by climate change threaten our very existence.

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The Vatican's deal with China

Morning Briefing

US bishops won't restore trust with announced plans to stop abuse

Vatican must keep up its clear, inspiring leadership in climate crisis

What can we say about the Synod of Bishops? The optics are not good

Letters to the Editor: Bishops doing penance. Women cardinals, a reform we can back. Inspired preaching.

Father Brett Kavanaugh would be suspended and investigated

Morning Briefing

Pope Francis and Caravaggio's 'The Calling of St. Matthew' share a gaze of mercy

Founders' ambivalence on natural equality gave way to white supremacy

Protest! Protest! Protest!

Francis, the comic strip

Links for 9/20/18

Morning Briefing

Why I'm staying Catholic

For real change, we must get at four roots deeper than church structures

Morning Briefing

Systemic racism is pro-life issue, and Catholics must step up

Historian confronts complexities of early America's self-evident truths

Could reform of the church mean schism?

Morning Briefing

Francis, the comic strip

Decline of humanities education reflects ancient debate

Morning Briefing

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