Pandering and preaching on the campaign trail
Colman McCarthyColumn: As never before, worshipers in the church of American politics are having a crisis of faith.
View ArticleElection 2016: the issues in focus
Michael Sean WintersColumn: This year, the differences between the two parties may be more pronounced than in any election since 1980. How will such pronounced differences translate to policy?
View ArticleFacebook as the new chocolate: Should you give up social media for Lent?
Heidi SchlumpfColumn: The problem I have with giving up social media for Lent, however, is that it ignores that sometimes social media use is good
View ArticleMercy can overcome even the Islamic State
Rick MalloySoul Seeing: Rather than trumpeting retaliation with bombs and soldiers, imagine risking relationship with those in the Islamic State group, rather than maintaining the us versus them...
View ArticleAs Pope Francis goes to Mexico, locals hope he'll push for change
Joshua J. McElweeChurch leaders and community advocates in Mexico hope that Pope Francis uses his six-day visit to call attention to the struggles faced by marginalized communities there.
View ArticleFaded Zapatista legacy lingers in Chiapas
J. Malcolm GarciaThe indigenous people of Chiapas, Mexico, hope that Pope Francis' trip will revive dreams of social justice represented to many here by the Zapatista movement of the mid-1990s.
View ArticleEditorial: Stop the nuclear spending spree
NCR Editorial StaffNCR Editorial Staff: President Barack Obama has put in motion a set of initiatives for upgrading our nuclear arsenals that, if implemented, would harm a generation of the world's...
View ArticleJuarez still troubled, but has 'a lot of hope'
Soli SalgadoCiudad Juárez, Mexico -- a city notorious for a recent four-year battle among local cartels, resulting in more than 10,000 killings -- will host Pope Francis Feb. 17.
View ArticleDecree OKs washing women's feet in Holy Week ritual
Elizabeth A. ElliottAt the request of Pope Francis, the Vatican has decreed that the Holy Thursday foot-washing will be open to women and girls.
View ArticleThe parable of the 'Tangerines'
Antonio D. SisonMovie Review: The 2014 Oscar-nominated Estonian-Georgian film "Tangerines" is a beautifully realized cinematic parable.
View ArticleA family of a different sort
Tom RobertsDavid and Erin Schmidt have brought birth families into their two adopted kids' lives.
View ArticleTwice removed: Why our sacraments often don't connect with real life
Joseph MartosViewpoint: As happened in the third century, there is a growing gap between theology and experience, only this time the theology is twice removed from life.
View ArticleMiracles in store for us
Mary McGloneIllustration by Mark BartholomewRecently, I heard friends in Ecuador talking about miracles they had experienced. Those events included the Virgin Mary protecting a town from the rage of an...
View ArticleIn bankruptcy dealings, Helena diocese sets alternate example
Marie RohdeThe diocese of Helena, Mont., faced 362 claims of sexual abuse and filed for bankruptcy. "We chose mediation and conciliation over acrimony and litigation," Bishop George Thomas said.
View ArticleA time for mercy
Mary McGloneIllustration by Mark BartholomewWe're in the middle of Lent, our unique catholic (i.e., universal) retreat time. For 40 days, the entire church, from the greatest to the least, is called to...
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No easy answers in the miracle of life
Diane ScharperTHE GIVENNESS OF THINGS: ESSAYS By Marilynne Robinson Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 304 pages, $26 What is humankind? What is God? What's the relationship between the two? These...
View ArticleA hunger for depth
Elizabeth Eisenstadt EvansPreview: Stories about new vocations to religious life often seem to follow a narrative arc similar to American culture, by focusing on the more traditional congregations...
View ArticleAs Pope Francis goes to Mexico, locals hope he'll push for change
Joshua J. McElweeChurch leaders and community advocates in Mexico hope that Pope Francis uses his six-day visit to call attention to the struggles faced by marginalized communities there.
View ArticleMercy can overcome even the Islamic State
Rick MalloySoul Seeing: Rather than trumpeting retaliation with bombs and soldiers, imagine risking relationship with those in the Islamic State group, rather than maintaining the us versus them...
View ArticleFacebook as the new chocolate: Should you give up social media for Lent?
Heidi SchlumpfColumn: The problem I have with giving up social media for Lent, however, is that it ignores that sometimes social media use is good
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