<h2><a style="color: #04619d; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.ncronline.org/spirituality/pencil-preaching/baptism-fire">B… of fire</a></h2><div style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="byline">by Pat Marrin</div><div style="font-size: 19px; font-family: 'Georgia', serif;"></div><p><a style="color: #04619d;" href=&quo

<h2><a style="color: #04619d; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-voices/us-bishops-pioneered-self-… bishops pioneered a self-serving invocation of 'religious liberty'</a></h2><div style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="byline">by Daniel P.

<h2><a style="color: #04619d; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-voices/sacred-heart-university-co… Sacred Heart University conference, theologians reengage with Vatican II</a></h2><div style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="byline">by Michael Sean Winters</div><div style="font-size: 19px; font-family: &#

<h2><a style="color: #04619d; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.ncronline.org/spirituality/pencil-preaching/saint-luke-evan… Luke, evangelist</a></h2><div style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="byline">by Pat Marrin</div><div style="font-size: 19px; font-family: 'Georgia', serif;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing">In the conventional li

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<h2><a style="color: #04619d; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-voices/welcome-ncrs-new-website">… to NCR's new website</a></h2><div style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="byline">by Heidi Schlumpf</div><div style="font-size: 19px; font-family: 'Georgia', serif;"><p>The National Catholic Reporter, EarthB

<div style="font-size: 19px; font-family: 'Georgia', serif;"><p><strong>Welcome to Tuesday. A community in Honduras is defending a life-giving river from destructive pollution by an iron oxide mine in the protected Carlos Escaleras National Park. And an NCR commentator says to truly combat throwaway culture, Catholics must reckon with long COVID, not only as an economic or social issue, but also as a "life issue" deserving the church's attention.</strong></p>