Kabul, Afghanistan -- Uncertain present, unclear future: Post-9/11 generation focuses on fleeing Afghanistan
Europe's women religious answer the call to help the growing refugee crisis
One million more Syrians expected to abandon their homes by Christmas
Synod Briefing: Synod expresses differing thoughts on mercy, marriage indissolubility The bishops are broadly presenting two schools of thought.
Synod Analysis: Pope Francis, by stepping down a road towards judgment-free attitudes to forbidden sex, has put himself in the same dangerous position as that taken by Mikhail Gorbachev, the last general-secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, when he subjected the dogmas of communism to ever freer, ever more radical debate.
Analysis: Michael Sean Winters identifies The Fault Lines at the Synod
A Synod Sidebar: Lexington, Kentucky -- 10 couples are married at once in Lexington Roman Catholic ceremony. Seven couples already had been married in civil services — some as long as 20 years ago. Three were being married for the first time.
Mansa, Zambia -- Widening gap between rich, poor a scandal, bishops says
Kansas City-St. Joseph diocese -- Two More Settlements Announced In Sexual Abuse Scandal
Columbus, Ohio -- Diocesan program hopes to use tailwinds of Pope Francis' popularity to drive local participation
Longtime cantor (he's 98) is still leading Falls church in song
Irondequoit, N.Y. -- St. Kateri Parishioners Reflect on Papal Pilgrimage
Lincoln, Nebr. -- Lincoln bishop's home burglarized; cross missing
Looking for a little inspiration to begin your day? NCR's sister publication, Celebration, gives you two options, both based on the Scripture readings of the day:
Daily Bread is a series of short reflections written by four authors who meet regularly to share the readings. Daily Bread is intended to help daily preachers and others who pray from the assigned Scriptures each day to orient themselves to the Living Word addressed to the church in the world. It's a great way to begin the day.
