We say: Just do it. Use this virtual meeting and ram through a document that will forever brand the church in the U.S. for the out-of-touch, cultural warrior-obsessed organization it has become.
Washington - The Feb. 27 Catholic Day of Action for Dreamers began with prayer and ended with 42 arrests for civil disobedience inside a Senate office building across the street.
NCR Today: An extension may soon re-open the government, but will anything be resolved before another possible shutdown? Meanwhile, all is not well with the Francis papacy.
NCR Today: I am not surprised at reports of foul and insulting language from Trump. But this latest is not just a case of "bad language." It is a case of racism, pure and simple.
Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: a DACA priest; advice for the Democrats; homophobia in the Catholic Church; a song to stir the soul in dark times.