Aleja Hertzler-McCain

Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik canceled a Mass in solidarity with LGBTQ people after Catholic influencers urged followers to contact him. Organizers say the Mass would not have promoted ideas "contrary to church teaching."

Theologians who participated in synod listening sessions with U.S. bishops were grateful for the opportunity for relationship-building. But they also have concerns about the latest phase of the synod process. 

In an unusual shared statement, two U.S. archbishops joined with the Japanese bishops of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to call on the G-7 summit to "undertake concrete steps toward global, verifiable nuclear disarmament."

Most Blessed Trinity Parish in Waukegan, Illinois, collected 166 guns at a drive-thru gun buyback event on April 29 after the Chicago Archdiocese decided it was important to host a gun buyback in Lake County.

"The regime in Nicaragua has sharply increased its persecution of the Catholic Church by imprisoning clergy, shuttering church-affiliated organizations, and prohibiting Catholic rituals," a new report said.

In NCR interviews after the announcement that Pope Francis will expand participation in the upcoming synod to include laypersons as voting members, theologians and reform groups praised the move as a substantial change.

For almost two months, state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, who is Catholic, has successfully filibustered nearly every bill in Nebraska's unicameral legislature as a way of stopping passage of a ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth.

Data shows that after natural disasters, people with disabilities experience worse outcomes. Leaders in disaster response and operations spoke to NCR about actions and initiatives that could help.

Despite a decline, Catholics remain the largest religious group among Latinos in the United States, according to a new Pew Research Center report.

Critics say the Vatican statement that the 15th-century documents "were manipulated for political purposes by competing colonial powers" sidesteps its responsibility in legitimizing exploitation of Indigenous peoples.

San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy sharply criticized the Eternal Word Television Network, the conservative Catholic U.S. media conglomerate, in an interview with Spanish magazine Vida Nueva published on March 24. 

Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke to the Rev. Jim Wallis and students of Georgetown University March 23, as part of a new series where political leaders will speak about the role of faith and ethics in their lives.

Scholars and Catholics spoke to NCR about how Pope Francis has dealt with the Catholic Church's history of colonialism, and how he has confronted colonialism in its continuing forms.

As the pandemic's fourth year begins in March and many political and church leaders turn their attention away from COVID-19, high-risk and COVID-vulnerable Catholics say they feel abandoned by the government and the church.

One of Pope Francis' key advisers on clergy sexual abuse admitted that the pontiff's signature effort to confront abuse and cover-up is "very often" not working, as part of a virtual conversation with Catholic abuse survivors on March 2.

On Feb. 17, 82 people began a hunger strike at two central California immigration detention centers, protesting the facilities' conditions and demanding their closure.

The Public Religion Research Institute says its new survey is the first of its kind to examine opinions on abortion in each of the states since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022.

After a deadly shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Catholic campus ministers at St. John Church and Student Center say they are focused on being present for students and community members.

Fordham University's new report criticizes the global Jesuit religious order for placing importance on discretion when handling Catholic priests accused of abuse, instead of on discipline or prevention of further abuse.

Fordham Faculty United called off a strike originally planned for Jan. 30 after the union reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with the administration of the Jesuit university in New York City.