Editorial

Allowing priests to marry is hardly the answer to all of the church's demographic challenges or the broader and deeper problems of clerical culture. But it would be a significant step toward honesty and consistency.

Cardinal Robert McElroy recently urged Catholic universities to use Laudato Si' as central to their missions. This approach is required to truly live out church teaching on integral ecology, solidarity and justice. 

National Catholic Reporter joins Pope Francis and others in calling for cessation of the destruction and indiscriminate killing of civilians in Gaza.

For her 50 years of successful advocacy, ministry and influence on behalf of LGBTQ Catholics, Loretto Sr. Jeannine Gramick is NCR's Newsmaker of 2023.

Today, as we face the human suffering in the Holy Land, the words of Jeremiah again give voice to the grief better than any words we can muster.

The statement on Laudate Deum from the U.S. bishops' conference read more like an "out of office" kickback email than the "welcome" its title claimed it to be for Pope Francis' new exhortation on the environment.

Change need not threaten the richness of Catholic history and tradition. It rather might signify a church alive and vibrant, say the NCR editors. 

Before the Synod of Bishops opens Oct. 4, Pope Francis has a duty to finally release the report from his women deacons commission, say the NCR editors.