Listen: Heidi, Father Daniel and David explore the possibilities of women in the diaconate and look at the Season of Creation in light of environmental destruction. Also, Heidi interviews ethicist Emily Reimer-Barry.
Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to articles about Biden's legacy as the second Catholic president, growing into a mature faith and 'Father Anne.'
No matter who wins the U.S. presidential election, writes Steven P. Millies, when the Biden administration ends, a post-Catholic era of American life opens.
"The fathers of the Second Vatican Council threw out the documents drawn up by the Vatican Curia and set their own agenda," writes Thomas Reese. He wonders if history could repeat itself at the October synod on synodality.
Too many people, when they grow older, give up on the God they learned about as children. What they really need to do is think about God in a more mature way.
While it is too early to measure the outcomes of the program for Minnesota students, we know that publicly funding school meals is effective policy worthy of Catholics getting behind at the national level.
The pope's words, said at a mosque in the most populous Muslim nation on earth, invite all of us Catholics to think about how we encounter persons of other religions.
Nuevo Momento is a unique initiative designed to strengthen the work and leadership of 15 Catholic organizations that have had a high ministerial impact with Hispanic Catholics at the local or national level.