NCR Connections

Executive editor Heidi Schlumpf aims to help readers understand how recent news stories fit together. NCR Connections will provide guideposts and markers to help lead readers through key issues and stories.

People in Washington gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, Sept. 18. (CNS/Reuters/Al Drago)

The church needs 'notorious' women willing to dissent, too

by Heidi Schlumpf

Sep 22, 2020

NCR Connections: In a culture that does not normally value elderly women, some found it surprising that Justics Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a cultural icon in her 80s.

A Trump supporter in Kenosha, Wisconsin, exchanges words with protesters Sept. 1, during President Donald Trump's visit there. (CNS/Reuters/Kamil Krzaczynski)

Be not afraid: Is safety a Christian virtue?

by Heidi Schlumpf

Sep 11, 2020

NCR Connections: Even before the shootings in Kenosha, the Trump campaign had been warning since July: "You won't be safe in Joe Biden's America." But I don’t feel safe in Donald Trump's America.

First, lasts and heeding the coronavirus realities

by Joshua J. McElwee

Aug 28, 2020

NCR Connections: Having lived through the coronavirus surge and some of the strictest lockdown protocols in Italy this spring, I worry about another round of restrictions here — and about our readers, friends and family living in other places.

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A fix for your late-arriving NCR — and a welcome to a new staffer

by Bill Mitchell

Aug 21, 2020

NCR Connections: If you're a subscriber waiting on the newspaper to show up in your mailbox, we have a partial solution to the current postal service delays. With eNCR, you can read the paper almost immediately.

Columns ›

The church needs 'notorious' women willing to dissent, too

Be not afraid: Is safety a Christian virtue?

First, lasts and heeding the coronavirus realities

A fix for your late-arriving NCR — and a welcome to a new staffer

Disagreeing without being disagreeable

AOC is the future of the Catholic Church

The problems with papal politicking

Paying the price for anti-racism work

The debate about debate

White people, let's do our homework

Editorial independence in Catholic media is critical

When church leaders sound like presidential apologists

A good place, a strange moment

Coping with the pandemic's effect at NCR

Join us for a virtual Triduum observance

Still, we find ways to connect

Leadership Roundtable brings a dose of reality to the church

Points of hope against disturbances in the neighborhood

A way out of the US bishops' tight ideological and partisan corner

Trump seals his Catholic deal

Use of wide-open location data, closed-door meetings hurt Catholics

Vulnerability as strength: Keenan's key to dismantling clericalism

NCR wishes you a light-filled Christmas

Thomas Doyle traces the disintegration of clerical/hierarchical culture

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