President Joe Biden's call for unity, his care for the poor, the environment and true peace in our fractured world make him an example of what public service ought to be, writes contributor Msgr. Paul Garrity.
In the next few days — not weeks but days — Vice President Kamala Harris must introduce herself to the American people. The GOP will be trying to do the same thing, albeit with different points of emphasis.
What positive vision does the church have for trans and nonbinary Catholics? If they are not to live according to "gender ideology," how exactly should they live an embodied, Christian experience of gender?
One candidate decided he was not physically fit and will be replaced by someone who may not be politically fit. The other is not morally fit. Anyone who tells you they know how this will play out is deluded.
The Gospel of John may contain unique and surprising theological resources that provide a blueprint for women's roles in pastoral care and ministry — particularly in its characterization of Mary Magdalene.
There had been reports that, in light of the failed assassination attempt on his life, former President Donald Trump would dial back the vitriol at the RNC and make an appeal to national unity. And Trump tried, but he couldn't help himself.
Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to stories about the 2024 presidential election, online spaces for women, and posting the Ten Commandments in schools.
The vision of a synodal church presented in the instrumentum laboris is beautiful, but it is terribly abstract as it presents the theological foundations of the missionary synodal church promoted by Pope Francis.