Sept 4-17, 2020

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Carry on good works

Sep 19, 2020

Scripture for Life: Today's Gospel might be the most un-American of all Jesus' parables. This story of equal pay for vastly unequal work just doesn't sit right. How to evaluate the economic justice of this tale?

Column | Scripture for Life

Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Dynamic parables

by Mary M. McGlone

Sep 12, 2020

Scripture for Life: Today's Liturgy of the Word invites us to enter into the dynamics of the kingdom of heaven. Gratitude is the emotion that introduces us to this realm.

Blog | NCR Connections

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.

Bishop Cantú: Californians 'on edge' as historic wildfires rage

by Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service

Aug 25, 2020

Some of the few Masses available for Catholics in California's Bay Area came to a halt the weekend of Aug. 22 as bishops urged parishioners to pray for one another, for firefighters, and to stay home as air quality diminished in some parts of the state because of some of the largest wildfires in California history.

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Carry on good works

Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Dynamic parables

First, lasts and heeding the coronavirus realities

Bishop Cantú: Californians 'on edge' as historic wildfires rage

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

The Democrats' virtual convention achievement: The message got out

Editorial: Catholic colleges, learn from Notre Dame about pandemic reality

In openly criticizing Brazil's president, 152 bishops spur anger, controversy

Christians under siege, according to virtual Napa conference

Vatican-China deal on bishop appointments appears set for renewal

Sojourners pulls article about Catholic Church and race from website

Bishop John Stowe rebukes Trump as 'anti-life'

The importance and challenge of doing nothing

Progressive millennials offer the church much hope and promise

Ecological theology meets theological response to suffering in Edwards' book