James V. Grimaldi

James V. Grimaldi

James V. Grimaldi is NCR's executive editor. A multiple Pulitzer Prize winner and former investigative reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Grimaldi is a native of Kansas City, Missouri, and a graduate of the University of Missouri Journalism School and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. His relationship with NCR began when he was a student at Kansas City's Jesuit-run Rockhurst High School.

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A hand pulls out a wooden block with the word ENDORSE on it (Dreamstime/Astiphoto13)

60 years of courage and commentary, but no endorsements

Courage is deeply embedded in the DNA of National Catholic Reporter. So, you might be asking, if we are so fearless, why don't we endorse a candidate? This year, endorsements have become more than an academic question.

NCR staff are pictured inside the company's headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri, in this photo from 1968, the year Humanae Vitae was issued by Pope Paul VI. The encyclical called the use of artificial birth control "intrinsically wrong." NCR's first issue appeared in October 1964, amid the Second Vatican Council. (Jack Kenward)

The pill and the confessional: 60 years ago, NCR tackled tough issues out of the box

Today, Oct. 28, 2024, is National Catholic Reporter's 60th birthday. To celebrate six decades as the independent voice for and about Catholics, we are launching a new feature republishing articles from our past.

Deacon Darryl Kelley gives the homily at the 72nd annual Red Mass Oct. 6 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington. Kelley, an attorney, serves in ministry at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Clinton, Maryland. He is the first deacon in 72 years to deliver the homily at Washington's Red Mass. (OSV News/John Carroll Society/Christopher Newkumet)

The chance to explain Washington's Red Mass to a former colleague

At Washington's Red Mass, the themes of civility, humility and fortitude come "at a time that has become remarkably, historically and particularly uncivil at the high court," writes NCR's James V. Grimaldi.

Jesuit Fr. James Martin delivers the homily during the closing Mass for the Outreach LGBTQ Catholic Ministry Conference at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York City, on June 18, 2023. (OSV News/Gregory A. Shemitz)

In the room of the synod: A Q&A with Fr. James Martin

NCR peeks behind the curtain of the synod on synodality in an interview with Jesuit Fr. James Martin.

Neil King Jr. (Jeff McGuiness)

The spirit moves through a surprise visit, and the memory of an old friend

Though we had just met in my first week on the job, Sister Annie arrived unannounced and unsurprisingly at the moment I needed to hear from her most.

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New NCR executive editor: 'God called me to journalism'

"God called me to journalism, and investigative journalism in particular, the kind of reporting that shines a light on injustice, wrongdoing, corruption and the ills of the world so that society can correct them," writes James Grimaldi.

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