Pope encourages Knights of Malta to continue path of renewal

Blueprint for God’s reign

Mary M. McGlone | Feb. 25, 2017

Spiritual Reflections: Somehow, poverty can teach people that when you face an unknown and uncontrollable future, you should make everything possible of the moment at hand.

Preview: Spiritual depth: Jesuits as agents of beauty

Peter Feuerherd | Feb. 25, 2017

Religious Life Preview: Jesuit Fr. Dennis McNally's body of work includes more than 160 giant acrylic paintings on canvas, which beautify the walls of a classroom building at St. Joseph’s University.

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Be holy like God!

Mary M. McGlone | Feb. 18, 2017

Spiritual Reflections: God's holiness looks like a never-ending outreach to rebellious humanity, an ongoing invitation to communion, the incarnation of love, no matter the cost.

Preview: Religious vocations: not a numbers game

Patricia Lefevere | Feb. 18, 2017

Religious Life Preview: Choosing to live a consecrated life is not about numbers, Sacred Heart Br. Ronald Hingle said. Small numbers have often changed the world, he added.

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Social scientists connect the dots of the Catholic future

Tom Roberts | Feb. 8, 2017

NCR Book Club: Demographic forces have been reshaping the Catholic landscape for decades. Catholic Parishes of the 21st Century gathers the data and provides an outline of a new reality.

Editorial: Ohio's halt in executions is welcome

NCR Editorial Staff | Feb. 7, 2017

We say: Recent cases bolster arguments that the Supreme Court should reconsider not only its ruling on midazolam, but on all executions, no matter what methods are used.

Editorial: Trump has inspired a growing opposition

NCR Editorial Staff | Feb. 3, 2017

We say: President Donald Trump is forcing us to consider ourselves in ways and at levels unprecedented in modern U.S. politics.

5 faith facts on Trump's presumed favorites for Supreme Court

Kimberly Winston Religion News Service | Jan. 31, 2017

U.S. Supreme Court nominees: Here are five faith facts about the two men who are the likely top candidates.

SNAP's new year starts with departure, lawsuit

Brian Roewe | Jan. 30, 2017

Denying a former employee's charges of a "kickback" scheme, leaders of the group for clergy abuse survivors say David Clohessy's resignation was in place months before SNAP was sued.