The new Springtide Research Institute report proposes a new model for youth ministers: practicing listening, transparency, integrity, care and expertise, the five dimensions of "relational authority."
A new report by Leadership Roundtable recommends establishing national standards for financial management for dioceses across the U.S. It also calls for the church to invest in young adults interested in ministry.
Commentary: With Pope Francis' environmental encyclical, at last a spiritual leader whose voice was heard around the world understood what we, the indigenous peoples, had been trying to explain without being understood.
Con la encíclica ambiental del Papa Francisco, por fin un líder espiritual respetado y escuchado en todo el mundo, comprendía lo que nosotros, los pueblos indígenas, habíamos estado tratando de explicar sin ser entendidos.
Impacts of the virus on the country's youngest generations have come clearer into view, from dealing with feelings of loneliness and restlessness while social distancing, to facing long-term economic effects.
Twenty-something Catholics shared their perspectives on abortion with NCR. For many of them, the ongoing national debate and its binary sides fall short of the issue's complexities.
The Field Hospital: Over two months, about 250 young Catholics took part in the Young Adult Synod in San Diego, and on Nov. 9, about 150 participants gathered to make their proposals at the final synod session.
The second global #FridaysForFuture climate strike, following the first in March that drew 1.4 million people, will include a growing number of young Catholics.
