For many Mexican immigrants, the Virgin of Guadalupe is a symbol of collective struggle and resilience. Her image should not be wielded as a crass political tool, but honored for its cultural and spiritual roots.
Listen: Heidi, Daniel and David talk about the role of U.S. Catholic voters, and look at the concluding weeks of the synod, including an interview with Loyola Chicago's Michael Canaris, just back from Rome.
Whatever Donald Trump says is always said as if doubting it entails great risk, to oneself and to one's country. It is "follow the leader" on a grandiose scale.
Our desire to direct this synod toward concrete results or scoff when no concrete results emerge shuts the windows and doors of the house so the Spirit cannot rush in, writes Steven P. Millies.
Listen: Benedictine Sr. Joan Chittister has a reputation as one who dares to ask big, bold questions. Explore them with her in this podcast conversation with her friend and biographer, former NCR editor Tom Roberts.
My mother had a lifesaving operation that is now being obstructed by abortion bans in a growing number of U.S. states, due to the Supreme Court's overturning of its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.