Catholic voters must negotiate a balance between what the church teaches and how their other values contribute to their voting decisions. Nowhere is that more evident than around the issue of legalized abortion.
Pope Francis' three-year consultation on the future of the Catholic Church concluded on Oct. 26, outlining the institution's challenges and proposing ways for all the baptized to be involved in charting a path forward.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan said he was "doubly disappointed" by the rejection from Kamala Harris of his invitation to the annual Al Smith dinner. But we are triply disappointed that Dolan did not have the courage to stand up to Donald Trump.
Former President Donald Trump delivered barbed remarks, Vice President Kamala Harris called for unity and honesty in a prerecorded video, and $10 million was raised for Catholic charities.
The scope of group five includes "theological and canonical matters regarding specific ministerial forms" and, in particular, "theological and pastoral research on the access of women to the diaconate."
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.
On Oct. 23, Maxwell Kuzma met Pope Francis as part of a group of transgender Catholic men gathered through Outreach. Being able to meet Pope Francis with no mask or false persona was a grace, he says.
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."
Pope Francis' three-year consultation on the future of the Catholic Church concluded on Oct. 26, outlining the institution's challenges and proposing ways for all the baptized to be involved in charting a path forward.
Christians and Hindus must promote harmony among all groups of people despite their differences, especially when ideologies increasingly seek to sow division, the Vatican wrote in a message for the Hindu celebration of Diwali.
More than 27 million people across southern Africa are afflicted by a historic drought — triggered by El Niño and exacerbated by climate change — and a devastating food crisis that is the worst the region has seen in decades.
The recovery across the South from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, powerful storms that struck back to back in early autumn, are among 177 open disasters nationwide that Catholic Charities has been addressing.
"Climate and environment policies are one issue that we need to bring to the voting booth — there are lots of others," said Catholic Climate Covenant executive director and founder Dan Misleh. "I would encourage people to understand Catholic social doctrine, and our Gospels — and bring that to the voting booth."
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.
The grand finale of the 2024 baseball season is just getting started, as the cross-country World Series pits the Los Angeles Dodgers against the New York Yankees. But for the A's priest, baseball came to a mournful end last month.
Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez's latest book, Tías and Primas: On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us, examines 20 female archetypes in Latinx families, masterfully reintroducing them as familiar intercessors and flawed patron saints.
In a time of deserved mistrust against religious institutions, "Conclave" makes a compelling and ecclesial call for a renewed spiritual stewardship characterized by humility, meekness and, curiously, doubt.
A friend reminded me that all that one needs is to "look deep" and inspiration emerges even from the ordinary, for the extraordinary is hidden deep within the ordinary. I learned this lesson that day and I am inspired!
In ministry, we often witness others grappling with their own profound callings. Our panelists share their experiences: When have you witnessed others being called by God, particularly when that call seemed difficult?
"We want to be on public record as having called out this fraud so that if the outcome of next month's election is contested in Pennsylvania our integrity will not be called into question," the community said.