March 20-April 2, 2020

Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion: 'Hosanna!'

Apr 4, 2020

Scripture for Life: Today may be the most overwhelming day of the overwhelming holy week to come. Palm Sunday takes us step by step through Jesus' last days and then leaves us holding emptiness, seeing only death.

Column | Scripture for Life

Fifth Sunday of Lent: We are not dead

by Carol J. Dempsey

Mar 28, 2020

Scripture for Life: Dare we allow the stones that encase and entomb the spirit be rolled away so that the spirit can be the life-giving force and transformative energy it is meant to be?

Column | Soul Seeing

The joy of turtles

by Joni Woelfel

Mar 17, 2020

Soul Seeing: For many years now, I have pondered the story of the turtles, wondering why it moved people so. I decided it was because of the happy ending. Life is filled with challenges, hardships, suffering and loss for all of us; we've all known heartbreak.

Several of the signatories of the petition to Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai, India, stand together in front of a statue of Pope John Paul II near Mumbai's Holy Name Cathedral March 8. (Courtesy of Astrid Lobo Gajiwala)

Editorial

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

by NCR Editorial Staff

Mar 16, 2020

The reality, easily observable, is that most of the service in the church, especially in the form of ministry and teaching, is done by women. The power to decide resides almost exclusively with ordained men.

Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion: 'Hosanna!'

Fifth Sunday of Lent: We are not dead

The joy of turtles

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

Editorial: Coronavirus, uncertainty and the unseen put world on hold

Leadership Roundtable brings a dose of reality to the church

Who holds the Catholic key to Florida's 2020 election?

National correspondent Heidi Schlumpf named NCR executive editor

Trump's visa ban on Nigeria seen as possible blessing in disguise

U.S. dioceses adopt wide-ranging plans to limit spread of coronavirus

Church's social justice teachings inspire young climate activist

Catholic Worker confronts new era

Marketing overshadows scholarship in museum display of alleged 'St. Francis Missal'

EJ Dionne's 'Code Red' offers a map to navigate divides of US politics

Survey finds tension between professional and 'missionary' campus ministers

In Costa Rica, university president sees Laudato Si' reenergizing Catholics

New biography of Thomas Berry reasserts importance of his work

The end of a well-lived life can lead you from death to dissecting table