Opinion

Guest Voices

With Benedict's death, a way opens for formal rules for retired popes

By Thomas Reese
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Dolores Curran had the shocking idea that laity might lead in the Catholic Church

By Kathy Coffey
NCR Voices

Speakership drama foreshadows intra-party struggles, political stalemate in 2023

By Michael Sean Winters
Guest Voices

If taken seriously, the synodal process could transform race relations in the US church

By Daryl Grigsby
NCR Voices

Benedict's funeral should put to rest misinterpretations of his legacy

By Michael Sean Winters
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Let's celebrate the Epiphany with an eye on the future

By Thomas Reese, Religion News Service
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the editor on Bishop Stowe and peacemaking

By NCR Staff

The unexpected way Pope Benedict helped me learn to pray with all creation

By Damian Costello
NCR Voices

American conservatives don't understand the late Pope Benedict's legacy

By Michael Sean Winters
Guest Voices

Debunking myths about Latino vote involves examining religious ideologies

By Eli Valentin

Upon her rock, Mother Seton prays with St. Mary's Mountain

By Damian Costello
NCR Voices

Three predictions about what will make church news in 2023

By Michael Sean Winters
Guest Voices

My encounters with Joseph Ratzinger — and Pope Benedict XVI

By Thomas Reese, Religion News Service
Guest Voices

Pope Benedict XVI, elected a philosopher king, was at heart a German professor

By Thomas Reese, Religion News Service
NCR Voices

Pope Benedict's mixed legacy: A poor administrator who made theological contributions

By Michael Sean Winters
NCR Voices

How Christmas is like post-COVID, in-person gatherings

By Daniel P. Horan

EarthBeat's best of 2022

By Stephanie Clary
NCR Voices

2022 in politics: Sadly, religion contributed to our smallness

By Michael Sean Winters
Guest Voices

Conservatives can win the debate over Vatican II only by ignoring history

By Thomas Reese, Religion News Service

Amid threat of extinction, remember today's 'holy innocents' who couldn't take flight

By Steven Salido Fisher

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