"For many Black Catholics, the issue is not whether the Church moved to combat racial harm," writes Efran Menny. "But rather ...

The decree, dated Dec. 23, noted the increase in immigration enforcement activities in the Diocese of Columbus has created "a ...

Pope Leo mourned those killed and consoled their families in a Jan. 2 telegram signed by Cardinal Piero Parolin, the Vatican's secretary of state.

There is one agent of unity in our Catholic faith that the secular culture lacks: the bishop of Rome, says NCR columnist ...

NCR interviews James O'Toole, whose new book, For I Have Sinned, details the growth and eventual decline of confession in the ...

Pope Leo XIV opened 2026 on Thursday with a plea for peace, singling out in particular countries "bloodied by conflict" and ...

When war becomes the baseline — not only in policy, but in our imagination — something in us has already broken.

Doctors Without Borders said Israel's decision would have a catastrophic impact on their work in Gaza, where they support ...

New Year's Eve is a time to remember God's great love and "to ask forgiveness for all the times we have failed to treasure ...

Is peace worth having if it's unjust? Is justice worth pursuing if it prolongs war? Those are questions as troubling as they ...

If the political landscape in 2025 was grim, prospects for 2026 do not appear much better. And the dominant figure in the new ...

Pope Leo's midnight Mass sermon was beautiful and it was similar to what we Catholics have been hearing at Christmastime from ...