For the sake of individual and collective health, do not give in to self-pity or anger at Donald J. Trump's victory. We need balance and wholeness to move forward while protecting the most vulnerable.
The U.S. bishops' conference needs a "committee on synodality," San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy told NCR in a joint interview with Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, who said, "This has to come in at the top of the list."
Republican candidates Donald Trump and JD Vance have been spreading lies about immigrants in the United States as a cornerstone of their campaign. The shameful silence of our Catholic leaders has been beyond deafening.
Faithful Catholics must vote for the ticket most likely to promote a dignified quality of life for all and the works of social justice throughout our society. In such a broadened view, this Catholic, at least, must vote for the Harris-Walz ticket.
It's disappointing that so few Catholic leaders have joined San Juan Archbishop Roberto González Nieves in condemning a comedian's racist jokes at a Donald Trump rally, writes John Kenneth White.
Listen: Sr. Joan Chittister talks with Sr. Valerie Luckey, a 36-year-old who entered the Erie Benedictines in 2016. The two provide a look at where tradition sparks and a new, engaging future emerges.
This will be the third election in which a few thousand votes in a few states will determine which of two wildly different governing approaches will be given power to enact themselves.
The pope traveled Nov. 2 to Rome's Laurentino cemetery, which has a special section for children who have died and, nearby, a section called the "Garden of the Angels" where parents who have experienced a miscarriage can opt to have their children buried rather than having a hospital dispose of the remains.
Pope Francis' child protection board called Tuesday for victims of clergy sexual abuse to have greater access to information about their cases and the right to compensation, in the first-ever global assessment of the Catholic Church’s efforts to address the crisis.
As Spain mourns the death of over 200 victims of the biggest peacetime disaster in decades, volunteers poured into the country's Valencia region to give a helping hand in cleaning up and to offer support to the devastated community.
Father Patrick Carrion, director of Cemetery Management for the Baltimore Archdiocese noted that burying without embalming has been done for centuries. Natural decomposition also respects the body, which in Catholic teaching is "made in the image and likeness of God and a temple of the Holy Spirit."
Pope Francis, the king of Spain, bishops and politicians decried the devastation and loss of life in southeast Spain amid horrendous floods that left thousands of people homeless and city streets unrecognizable.
In Perfect Eloquence, journalist Tom Hoffarth has assembled an entertaining, detailed and assuming history of Vin Scully's long, charmed life in the form of 67 essays by people who knew him.
"Heretic," starring Hugh Grant, is a cat-and-mouse thriller and theological procedural. Grant, actors Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East, and writer-directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods spoke to NCR about the film.
When Matthew LaBanca was fired by the Brooklyn Diocese in 2021 for marrying his same-sex partner, he lost two jobs, health insurance and a cherished Catholic community. He stars in a play about his experience that opens Nov. 7.
Who poses the greatest threat to the survival of American democracy today? Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman argue in 'White Rural Rage' that the answer is clear.
"I'm blessed to walk with sisters whose encounters have touched them so deeply that they return home committed to transform their communities into places of compassion and communities that welcome the stranger."
Sr. Angelina Julom enjoys seeing patients at the Nazareth Psycho-Social Wellness Center for Individuals and Families in Cainta, Rizal, Philippines. As a nun, she finds people trust her even more as a psychologist.
With their eyes on the U.S. presidential election, Catholic sisters throughout the world consider how the policies of each candidate could impact those they serve in ministry.
