Michael Sean Winters: Martin Luther King Jr. rekindles the promise of American democracy and taps into the moral force of our egalitarian ideals and articulates them in idioms that are necessarily religious but not sectarian.
2019 in review: Throughout his papacy, Pope Francis has welcomed dialogue. In some segments of the modern-day media, however, the emerging dialogue has been portrayed as a church reeling in conflict.
NCR Today: Some world leaders are relishing Trump's use of "fake news" and "enemies of the people." They are using it to their advantage. Journalists are increasingly unsafe.
Distinctly Catholic: President Donald Trump does not know how to deploy his dominance for political ends, only for celebrity status. 2017 was a grim year.
Distinctly Catholic: Conservative Catholics should be especially keen to distance themselves from Project Veritas, which The Washington Post implicates in a fresh false-news scandal.
NCR Today: The God who is unknowable and immaterial provides a stronger basis for dealing with scientific discoveries. It means we don't have to feel threatened by every new theory.
