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Pope Francis gives the pallium to Archbishop Christopher Coyne of Hartford, Connecticut, during Mass for the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 29, 2024.

Archbishop Coyne says new bishop appointments moving US church in 'right direction'

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Archbishop Christopher Coyne of Hartford, Connecticut, noted his disappointment in the U.S. bishops' conference's decision to dramatically slash its staff in the social justice department. 

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Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is seen from the burial place of 19th-century Chief Red Cloud Sept. 30, 2021 in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Red Cloud defended against U.S. land grabs as long as he could but converted to Catholicism and invited the Jesuits to start Holy Rosary Mission after he and his people were confined to Pine Ridge. (AP/Emily Leshner)

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Indigenous reactions mixed after US bishops' apology: 'They won't ever forget'

Survivors and tribal leaders spoke with NCR after the U.S. bishops issued a document acknowledging, in a circumscribed manner, the Catholic Church's culpability in the intergenerational trauma of Indigenous people. 

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Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, gives a thumb up to journalists in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Feb. 12, 2024. (CNS/Lola Gomez)
Vatican News

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Pope Francis' rottweiler: Cardinal Fernández charts new, uncertain course for Vatican's doctrinal office

One year after appointment, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández has not just become Francis' closest curial collaborator, he also has emerged as a gatekeeper to the 87-year-old pope. 

ByChristopher White
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, then apostolic nuncio to the United States, talks with a U.S. bishop during the bishops' meeting in Baltimore in this Nov. 13, 2012, file photo.
NCR Voices

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Viganò's schism trial raises questions for US bishops

Will the 40 or so U.S. bishops who rushed out with statements supporting Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò's call for Pope Francis to resign now withdraw their support?

ByMichael Sean Winters
Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden participate in their first U.S. presidential campaign debate in Atlanta June 27, 2024. (OSV News/Reuters/Brian Snyder)
NCR Voices

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Biden's debate disaster leaves democracy in peril

It is one of the saddest things about our democracy that the election will be decided by low-information voters who probably did not watch the entire debate last night, writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.

ByMichael Sean Winters

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Questions swirl as US bishops' conference cripples justice office with layoffs

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Pope: Heaven is for 'everyone, everyone, everyone'

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Bishops' conference layoffs spark wave of concern and speculation

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An old president and an old pope

Guest Voices

Fighting over crumbs: The WNBA and women in the church

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Iowa Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark (22) controls the ball against Connecticut Huskies guard Nika Muhl (10) in the Final Four of the women's 2024 NCAA Tournament April 5. Clark, the NCAA basketball all-time scoring record holder, now plays for the WNBA's Indiana Fever.

Fighting over crumbs: The WNBA and women in the church

Guest Voices

How is the recent surge in the popularity of women's basketball related to the ongoing conversation about the role of women in the Catholic Church? In both instances, writes Annie Selak, women are being told to fight over crumbs.
 

Before Pope Francis invited comedians to Vatican, humor had deep roots in Catholic tradition

Guest Voices

'I love this work, but it's killing me': The unique toll of being a spiritual leader today

Guest Voices
Moses is among the marble bas-relief portraits of lawgivers that hang in the U.S. House of Representatives chamber in the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Wikimedia Commons/Architect of the Capitol)

Why are we fighting about the 10 Commandments?

NCR Voices

Fighting a new culture war battle over the placement of the Ten Commandments on the walls of schools is a fool's errand, says NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.

Vatican

Zuppi, vested, bends to Francis, seated, as the embrace each other.
Vatican News

Do not be afraid to seek God where life is degraded, discarded, pope says

God is present in the "dark corners" of local communities and in people's lives, Pope Francis said. "His presence reveals itself precisely in the faces marked by suffering and where degradation seems to triumph," the pope said in his homily at Mass in the northern Italian city of Trieste July 7.

Monsignor Pena Parra speaks to delegation
Vatican News

Vatican chief of staff testifies in UK finance trial, admits to false invoice and blames a deputy

Pope Francis’ chief of staff became one of the highest-ranking Holy See officials to testify in a foreign court Thursday, telling a British tribunal about the negotiations at the heart of the Vatican’s so-called “trial of the century,” admitting he filed a false invoice and pointing a finger at his one-time deputy who escaped the scandal unscathed.


 

ByNicole Winfield, Associated Press
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Vatican News

Vatican publishes schedule of pope's four-nation visit to Asia

The 12-day Asian tour will be the longest trip of his papacy. He intends to visit: Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, Sept. 3-6; Port Moresby and Vanimo, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 6-9; Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste, Sept. 9-11; and Singapore Sept. 11-13.

ByCarol Glatz, Catholic News Service
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, then nuncio to the United States, congratulates then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington at a gala dinner sponsored by the Pontifical Missions Societies in New York in May 2012. The archbishop has since said Cardinal McCarrick already was under sanctions at that time, including being banned from traveling and giving lectures. Oblate Fr. Andrew Small, center, director of the societies, said Vigano never tried to dissuade him from honoring the cardinal at the gala. (CNS/PM
Vatican News

Archbishop Viganò found guilty of schism, excommunicated by Vatican

Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the disgraced former papal nuncio to the United States who questioned the legitimacy of Pope Francis and the authority of the Second Vatican Council, has been found guilty of schism and excommunicated, the Vatican announced on July 5.

ByChristopher White

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Vatican News

Ex-Vatican auditor general appeals ruling: 'They deceived the pope'

Vatican News

Open the church's doors to evangelization, pope tells new archbishops

Vatican News

Pope: Heaven is for 'everyone, everyone, everyone'

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Science

Survival story as Hurricane Beryl razes smallest inhabited island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Mayreu is one of the smallest inhabited islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It's so small that it's barely visible — a dot on the map of the Caribbean. Hurricane Beryl nearly erased it from the map.

Scattered debris and houses with missing roofs are seen in a drone photograph July 2, 2024, after Hurricane Beryl passed the island of Petite Martinique, Grenada. (OSV News/Reuters/Arthur Daniel)
Science

Grenada bishop addresses flock following Hurricane Beryl's wrath

In his first public address since Hurricane Beryl visited the Caribbean's Lesser Antilles region as the earliest formed Category 5 hurricane on record, the bishop of St. George's in Grenada took to social media to offer a spiritual message of hope and resilience following the July 1 landfall there.

ByTom Tracy, OSV News
A Zambian child stands outside his home in the village of Ndombi. Crippling drought in Zambia has devastated agricultural production and caused extensive crop failure, leading to a food crisis that is mirrored across Africa and elsewhere in the tropics. (CNS/CRS/Michael Stulman)
Viewpoints

The UN Loss and Damage Fund is a preferential option for the poor

The food crisis in Zambia and elsewhere has been exacerbated by climate change and a broken global food system. The ancient and sacred wisdom of the church can help build a vision of a better world.

ByLeonard Chiti
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, is seen in this screen grab reading Pope Francis' speech for the inauguration of the Faith Pavilion at COP28, the U.N. Climate Change Conference, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 3, 2023.
Viewpoints

The Holy See could be a bridge for UN climate negotiations

"The Holy See may have one of the smallest delegations," writes John Leo Algo, "but it has the potential to make the biggest long-term impact in future climate negotiations, given its unique context." 

ByJohn Leo Algo

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Faith

Episcopal presiding bishop-elect plans simpler installation, citing 'carbon footprint'

Viewpoints

At the Holy See and in households, fossil fuels are a climate change scapegoat

Politics

Supreme Court's Chevron doctrine ruling impacts federal agencies' regulatory power

Culture

On May 29, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, a demonstrator who was arrested waits in the back of a bus during a protest against the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. (AP/Frank Franklin II)
Book Reviews

This July 4, many Americans still stand 'In the Shadow of Freedom'

In her new book, In the Shadow of Freedom: The Enduring Call for Racial Justice, Black Catholic author Alessandra Harris argues that the United States is still not necessarily a place of freedom for all.

The "Do This in Memory of Me" exhibition runs through Aug. 25 at the Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center in New Haven, Connecticut. Selected works will be shown at the Sacred Art Institute booth at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis July 17-21. (Dan DeLouise)

Contemporary art feeds hunger for sacred in 'Do This in Memory of Me' exhibit

More than 100 contemporary visual pieces were selected from all over the U.S. for the National Eucharistic Sacred Art Exhibit, "Do This in Memory of Me," which will be featured at the National Eucharistic Congress.

ByMaureen O'Brien
The original "Inside Out" followed 11-year-old Riley as she navigated new and uncomfortable emotions that arose from her family's cross-country move. The sequel picks up with Riley on the cusp of puberty and dealing with newfound anxiety. (Walt Disney Studios)

Catholics may find surprising resonance in 'Inside Out 2'

While not touted as a spiritual film, Disney and Pixar's "Inside Out 2" is a spiritual experience.

ByKatie Lemaire
The Benedictine sisters of the Abbey of Sainte-Marie des Deux-Montagnes in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Quebec pose for a photo gathered around a harp in their community. (Courtesy of Serge Therrien)

Documentary captures life behind a grille for Quebec Benedictine nuns

For nearly two years, the Benedictine Abbey of Sainte-Marie des Deux-Montagnes in Canada opened its doors to filmmaker Lessandro Sócrates, resulting in the documentary "De l'autre côté" ("On the Other Side").

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Book Reviews

Sebastian Junger's close call with death: A secular investigation of the sacred

Married filmmakers release PBS documentaries on 'American Women Saints'

New pop musical 'La Llamada' has Catholic fingerprints all over it

hands holding up a gold trophy

When competition is no longer fun, try collaboration

Must everything be a competition? "What has happened to collaboration?" writes Sr. Jane Marie Bradish. "Or, maybe even more rare, simple sharing?"

Indigenous vocations flourish in Guatemala's remote highlands

In the mountainous areas of Guatemala, roughly 50 Indigenous nuns of the Missionary Sisters of the Eucharist assist fellow Indigenous communities through education, spirituality and care for those most in need.

ByRhina Guidos
"Christ healing the Lepers," a circa 1540-50 print by Niccolo Vicentino, after Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Scripture for Life

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: The potential of 10%

Scripture for Life: Jesus insists that God is reigning in the universe. He promises that we can get caught up in God's reigning if only we are open to do so. 

ByMary McGlone
Two people walk outside in a rustic fall setting, moving toward a foggy horizon.(Unsplash/Greg Rosenke)

Ministry of spiritual accompaniment is a gift from God

I'm a witness to God's mystery in every person I accompany, both past and present. God's healing presence in spiritual accompaniment touches and heals us both in unique ways.

ByMaría de Lourdes López Munguía

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For good Samaritans everywhere

Q&A with Sr. Martha de la Torre Juárez, networking support for immigrant women across Michigan

'Nonnegotiable' elements are the heart of religious life

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