The most important lesson from Joe Biden's State of the Union was the simple fact that we are lucky to have a president who looks back to Franklin Delano Roosevelt for inspiration, writes Michael Sean Winters.
Is there any doubt that Pope Francis holds all these truths of our faith? It is how one holds them that is the issue and the raison d'être for theology.
It is heartbreaking to see all-girls Catholic schools close, but philanthropy can help preserve them. Investing in all-girls schools, particularly those founded by women religious, is an investment in the future.
Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to stories on polarization in U.S. politics and the U.S. church, an interview with Anne Barrett Doyle of Bishop Accountability, English translations of the Roman Missal and swag for the Eucharistic Revival.
With an eye toward this weekend's Academy Awards, Fr. Dan Horan makes a case for returning to the movie theater, even when you may be able to stream the exact same content at home.
In many parts of the world, there is a eucharistic famine, precisely because there are no priests to celebrate the Eucharist. The Catholic hierarchy has simply ignored the obvious solution to this problem for decades.
As the legal and political debate matured over the past few months, it became clear that the idea of invoking the 14th Amendment was not only anti-democratic but offensive to our notion of justice.