Sept 20-Oct 3, 2019

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: The power of faith

Oct 5, 2019

Scripture for Life: Jesus was absolutely convinced that the power of God's love was like a seed that, given the right conditions, would change the world. But he also knew that it doesn't happen overnight.

Column | Soul Seeing

Stopping to smell the flowers in East Africa

by Joseph G. Healey

Sep 17, 2019

Soul Seeing: "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It has been 25 years since my last confession." When I heard "25 years," I felt a surge of energy that I can only describe as the "grace of God."

The interior of St. Joseph Cathedral in the Diocese of Buffalo, New York (Wikimedia Commons/Jfvoll)

Editorial

Editorial: Bishop's alleged blackmailing of immigrant deserves special dose of outrage

by NCR Editorial Staff

Sep 11, 2019

The Buffalo Diocese has been dogged by woeful succession of reports of coverups of sexual abuse. Now a Polish priest is claiming that when, as a seminarian, he was sexually assaulted by a priest, the bishop threatened to deny him ordination — and to deport him.

Francis warns of ideology 'infiltrating' some quarters of US Catholic Church

by Joshua J. McElwee

Sep 10, 2019

Pope Francis warned Sept. 10 that ideology is "infiltrating" the religious teaching of some quarters of the U.S. Catholic Church, and said that in past centuries such infiltrations have led to schisms.

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: The power of faith

Stopping to smell the flowers in East Africa

Editorial: Bishop's alleged blackmailing of immigrant deserves special dose of outrage

Francis warns of ideology 'infiltrating' some quarters of US Catholic Church

It's not about ethics, it's about how we imagine God

Pope urges Mauritius, island tax haven, to reject 'idolatrous economic model'

Francis encourages quarry workers, celebrates Mass with a million in Madagascar

Editorial: Don't ignore prophets who call out against nuclear weapons

Francis suggests officials in Mozambique are corrupted by foreign aid

Cardinal Tobin leads hundreds of Catholics in protest against ICE in Newark

Francis urges former Mozambique rivals to maintain new peace deal

Bishop Malone will not resign, calls recent case 'convoluted'

Bios of Dr. Seuss, Mr. Rogers explore their creators' commitment to kids

Cardinal-elect was a Francis bishop before Francis

Mass shootings spur moves toward preparedness in churches, schools

Francis names 13 new cardinals, including Vatican's point-person on helping refugees

Season of Creation spotlights threats to biodiversity

Ministerial exception is a necessary safeguard for our rights of conscience

The risky business of doing 'mercifying' theology

Going on pilgrimage, religious or secular, is important