Dewane: Church 'committed to ensuring fundamental right' to health care
U.S. bishops made it clear during their annual spring assembly that their efforts are focused on "ensuring the fundamental right of medical care" for all people.
Robert McElroy
The ice begins to break in conservative chokehold of USCCB
Distinctly Catholic: Change comes to the U.S. bishops' conference slowly, but the latest meeting shows that it is indeed coming.
Pulse anniversary: Church plays wounding role to LGBT people
NCR Today: If Catholic bishops really want a church that listens, heals and goes to the margins as Pope Francis does, it's far past time to build a culture of encounter with the LGBT community.
Annulment reform seems to cultivate change of culture
Following Pope Francis' 2015 reform of church law on nullity procedures, several dioceses reported growth in annulment case filings for 2016 compared to 2015.
Bishop McElroy reminds graduates of importance of pastoral theology
Pope Francis teaches us that theology must "attend to the concrete reality of human life and human suffering," San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy told theology graduates.
How much of Trump's chaos can Republicans – and the nation – take?
Distinctly Catholic: Simply disrupting with no thought of what must be built subsequently leads to chaos. That is where we find ourselves as a nation under President Trump.
Bishop McElroy: Discrimination against Muslims 'unconscionable'
Catholics must "condemn unequivocally" anti-Muslim prejudice in the United States, San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy told a national meeting of Muslims and Catholics March 8.
Holy disruption continues to shape my journey today
Young Voices: My senior year of high school, I experienced a significant holy disruption to the bubble of white privilege in which I lived.
Editorial: Join the work of transformation
We say: The bishops in the crowd that met in the California high school showed what the “accompaniment” so often advocated by Francis actually looks like.
In final message, popular movements cry out for sanctuary
Updated with video: The U.S. regional meeting's final statement called all faith communities to declare themselves sanctuaries for the discriminated.
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June 16-29, 2017
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