President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
Editorial

Editorial: Trump leads a deliberate and dangerous assault on the free press

Opinion

These are not the stray provocations of a thin-skinned politician, but a sustained campaign to intimidate, manipulate and muzzle institutions that hold power accountable. We cannot let this sinister behavior succeed.

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Pope Francis and his cousin Carla Rabezzana sit down for lunch in her home in Portacomaro, near Asti, Nov. 19, 2022. The pope traveled to the northern Italian town to help celebrate Rabezzana's 90th birthday, to visit other relatives and to celebrate Mass the next day in the Asti cathedral. (CNS/Vatican Media)

In Focus

We call him Pope Francis, but she calls him 'cousin Giorgio'

While the pope's health struggles have left Carla Rabezzana uneasy, the lack of direct contact has also heightened her anxiety for her beloved cousin, who can "cheer you up with just a few words."

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U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort is seen in Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 8, 2021. (CNS/Reuters/Marco Bello)
NCR Voices

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Catholics for Catholics host schismatic gala at Mar-a-Lago

These alt-right folks may shout "Viva Christo Rey!" but they act like they have found their king and Mar-a-Lago is his kingdom. That is the problem, points out NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.

ByMichael Sean Winters
Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia speaks at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City Nov. 23, 2024. (OSV News/Gregory A. Shemitz)
NCR Voices

#2
As Trump silences Voice of America, an archbishop raises his voice and leads

Prophets call a people back to their truest selves, to the roots of their tradition, to what is best in their past and what is needed now and in their future. Archbishop Borys Gudziak is prophetic in this way.

ByMichael Sean Winters
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Pew study shows people not sticking with faith they were raised in

New research shows a worldwide trend of people either leaving the religion they were raised in or completely dropping religion, with Christianity taking a particularly big hit.

ByAllison Prang

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A weak Pope Francis is wielding power and rewriting narrative of how popes exercise authority

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Pope Francis appears in public, returns to Vatican after long hospitalization

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Parish talk by transgender hermit rescheduled after negative comments

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Guest Voices

Have a heart: What sets humans apart in a robot world?

Guest Voices

From censorship to curiosity: Pope Francis' appreciation for the power of history and books

Guest Voices

One of the pope's greatest achievements will have been his engagement with the humanities and humanity — with a deep understanding of the challenges it faces.

The speech that launched the National Catholic Reporter

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Democrats' future requires populist economics and ignoring cultural elites

NCR Voices
The Sacred Heart of Jesus is depicted in a stained-glass window at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church in the Forest Hills section of the Queens borough of New York.

Jesus was a radical leader of nonviolent resistance to injustice

Guest Voices

On this week's episode of "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," John Dear takes a deep dive into Luke 10, where Jesus sends out disciples to disarm, heal and dismantle the empire through radical peacemaking.

Vatican

Francis, the comic strip: After a stressful few weeks, the Francis cartoonist is taking some time off to visit Ireland. The cartoon will resume after April 9.
Francis, the comic strip

Francis, the comic strip: Cartoonist goes to Ireland

Francis, the comic strip: After a stressful few weeks, the Francis cartoonist is taking some time off to visit Ireland. The cartoon will resume after April 9.

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Vatican News

From John Paul II to Francis, Vatican treats papal health news with care

Journalists and Vatican officials who have covered multiple pontificates describe the challenges, secrecy and unprecedented moments that have shaped modern papal media relations.

ByCamillo Barone
A cluster of stacked chairs is seen in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 26, 2025. Pope Francis' general audience, to be held in the square, was suspended due to his ongoing recovery from pulmonary infections. (CNS/Pablo Esparza)
Vatican News

Pope Francis' voice slowly recovering as Vatican convalescence continues

Matteo Bruni, spokesman for the Holy See Press Office, said the 88-year-old pontiff, who is still recovering from a respiratory infection, continues to be weaned off oxygen support.

ByChristopher White
Francis, the comic strip: Leo gets nervous when the pope is sick — so he flies his pope kite!
Francis, the comic strip

Francis, the comic strip: When the pope gets sick

Francis, the comic strip: Leo gets nervous when the pope is sick — so he flies his pope kite!

ByPat Marrin

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Residents look out at the Madeira River, a tributary of the Amazon River amid a drought in Humaita, Amazonas state, Brazil, Sept. 7, 2024. "Fraternity and Integral Ecology" is the theme of this year's Fraternity Campaign, a Lenten effort by the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil to collect funds for its social works and raise awareness of a pressing issue. (AP photo/Edmar Barros, File)
Faith

Lenten campaign calls for ecological conversion in Brazil

While Brazil's bishops work to spread the message of ecological conversion, traditionalist Catholic groups have called for a boycott of their campaign, saying the bishops want to "substitute the spirit of Lent" with a focus on integral ecology.

Viewpoints

NCR recipes for Lent: Kale with cannellini beans

NCR copy chief Teresa Malcolm shares a favorite meatless meal she said works as a main or side dish. 

ByTeresa Malcolm
A person clears out clothes from a closet for donation (Dreamstime/Oksana Krasiuk)
Viewpoints

The challenge of stuff: How 'spring cleaning' here creates environmental harm there

Spring cleaning is a chance for households to bring order to mess and "unburden" themselves of clutter. But it comes at a cost. Can we tidy our own lives without negatively impacting other people and the planet?

ByCéire Kealty
Organizations, like the Wolf Conservation Center and the International Wildlife Coexistence Network, strive to educate and inspire a global community to respect the role of wolves and foster peaceful coexistence. (Nancy F. Castaldo)
Viewpoints

What St. Francis and Brother Wolf teach us about cooperating with creation

The legend of St. Francis of Assisi and Brother Wolf tells a story not of taming a wild creature, but of cooperation and mutual understanding with our siblings in creation. Today, ranchers and farmers use nonlethal methods to coexist with wolves.

ByNancy F. Castaldo

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Justice

SEC clears investor nuns to file Indigenous rights resolution against Citigroup

Viewpoints

NCR recipes for Lent: Cacio e pepe

Politics

Faith groups blast 'evil' EPA rollback plans, 'climate change religion' comment

Culture

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Book Reviews

'Not Heaven but Paradise' offers Catholic take on our geopolitical era

Michael Mewshaw's new novel, set in an artists' residency in Granada, is a comic take-down of American policy and its role in Europe's refugee crisis. 

People view artwork on walls.

In NYC, an artist collective brings together spiritual creatives

Mass for Artists began in August 2020. Since then, over a dozen have been celebrated in various churches across New York City, occurring two to four times a year. A multidisciplinary exhibit typically follows the liturgy. 

ByKevin Christopher Robles
"Snow White," Disney's new live-action remake of the 1937 animated classic, is less concerned with the titular character’s marital prospects than it is with painting a vision of abundance. (Disney)

'Snow White' paints a vision of abundance over scarcity

Disney's new live-action remake of the 1937 animated classic is less concerned with the titular character's marital prospects than it is with painting a vision of abundance.

ByEric Clayton
Marquette University basketball chaplain John Laurance cuts the net in Madison Square Garden after the Golden Eagles men’s basketball team won the Big East Tournament in 2023. (Courtesy of Marquette Athletics)

2 Catholic basketball chaplains reflect on their role in March Madness

The chaplains for Marquette and St. John's were seated courtside when the men's NCAA Tournament got underway last week. For the players, basketball is about winning. But the chaplains are there when things don't turn out as hoped.

ByRandy Maniloff

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This spring, ask questions about exclusion and solidarity in youth sports

Book Reviews

How do you know when you are 'Reading Culture Through Catholic Eyes'?

Flannery O'Connor's 100th birthday parties celebrate author's quirks, talents — and love of birds

Sr. Pepa Torres, a member of the Apostolic Sisters of the Heart of Jesus, walks around the Lavapiés neighborhood of Madrid. "This neighborhood is a world where many different worlds fit," Pepa said. (Luis Donaldo González)

Q&A with Sr. Pepa Torres, serving in Lavapiés barrio, Madrid's migrant heart

"I truly believe in the power of community initiatives to drive social change," says Sr. María Torres Pérez, or Pepa Torres as people know her. "We have to raise our voices and gritar to denounce injustices."

Benedictine Sr. Mary Elizabeth Schweiger holds a petition against mining in El Salvador March 24 signed by women religious at Mount St. Scholastica monastery in Atchison, Kansas. The Benedictines joined the Sisters of Charity in nearby Leavenworth as well as other Catholics from Kansas showing solidarity with the Catholic Church in El Salvador fighting a new law that allows metal mining. (GSR photo/Rhina Guidos)

Kansas Catholics, sisters join anti-mining fight in El Salvador

"It's to show solidarity that we're very much their partners. We just feel like they've gone through so much," said Benedictine Sr. Mary Elizabeth Schweiger. 

ByRhina Guidos
Dark silhouette of a person on a small boat in deep blue waters pulling a white fishing net into an orange bucket.
Columns

Empty nets: We need a new spirituality of failure

"Failure is painful," writes Stephanie Peirolo, reflecting on the miraculous catch of fish in Luke 5. "But we should not close ourselves off to hope and grace."

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Young women and girls at the Ozanam House pose for a photo with Sr. Mary Okeke, program coordinator at the Ozanam House. (Valentine Benjamin)

Nigerian sisters help young women overcome homelessness in the heart of Lagos

The Ozanam House, run by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, has sheltered and reintegrated over 600 struggling young women and girls in Nigeria since its establishment in 1995.

ByValentine Benjamin

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