A small c catholic: Today, the "anti-Catholic" label gets applied mostly by traditionalist Catholics who tend to see enemies of the church everywhere. It's not an attractive trait.

NCR Today: The latest from the US bishops' meeting. Plus, Australian parliament commission files report on clergy sex abuse.

An LCWR initiative to seek out hidden and under-supported global south religious communities in the U.S. gained a wider audience this week.

NCR Today: Cardinal Daniel DiNardo's election as vice president of the USCCB makes him a key player in the appointment of bishops in the U.S.

NCR Today: The U.S. bishops voted Tuesday to continue a set of English translations of liturgical texts, approving new rites for the Catholic celebrations of marriage and confirmation.

On the Road to Peace: William Stringfellow has been part of my regular spiritual diet since graduate theology school. A new collection offers the best of his biblical insights.

Conversations with Sr. Camille: Raul Andrade came to the U.S. when he was 19. He now helps other Latin American immigrants earn a GED diploma or learn to use a computer.

Distinctly Catholic: I think everyone was surprised that the first ballot decided the election. It isn't easy to get more than 50 percent of the vote in a contest with 10 candidates.