Maureen K. Day shares insights from her new book comparing the 53% of American Catholics who attend Mass "a few times a year" or "seldom or never" with the 47% who attend monthly or more often.
It isn't easy trying to make sense of Trump's Cabinet selections. But a kind of logic emerges as soon as you realize two things: Trump is someone who hires down and he thinks of politics as essentially performative.
The polarization of the culture has seeped into the church, but many of the bishops here in Baltimore are looking for ways to keep the cancer from spreading, writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.
Why are cardinals sequestered during papal elections? Because it took centuries for the church to develop an electoral system free from manipulations and violence — which should resonate with contemporary politics.
Americans must decide if we want to embrace the path of conversion, writes Daniel P. Horan. Only then might we be in a position to denounce the Trump-like vision of America as "not who we are."
Instead of immediate blame or praise for the results, here are five takeaways that Fr. Tom Reese believes political scientists and historians will be pondering for years in an attempt to make sense out of this election.
