Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to stories about Harrison Butker's commencement address at Benedictine College, NCR's staff editorial on AP's coverage of traditionalism in U.S. Catholicism, and the 'trad wife' movement.
The issue of polarization within the church and within the country is a vexing one, but the discussion did represent some fine hors d'oeuvres for any effort that aims to ameliorate the toxicity of the culture.
Confirmation is not itself a test, writes Jim McDermott. It is a liturgy, a moment in which we ask the Holy Spirit to come down and fill the hearts of the confirmands.
Not only is the Catholic trad wife minority growing, it's mobilizing a group of conservative Catholic voters who see the return to life before the Vatican II as both a religious and political issue.
Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to stories about gender-affirming science, the relationship between the American Presidency and Episcopate, and Bishop Robert Barron.
After Harrison Butker, outspoken Catholic and kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, delivered a controversial commencement speech, Madison Chastain suggests he take his own oft-delivered advice and stay in his own lane.
The future of Catholicism may not rest in the expressions of extreme conservatism afoot today, but the larger point should not be dismissed. Catholicism in the U.S. is in many ways a fractured enterprise.
Fr. Daniel P. Horan reflects on Pope Francis' recent remarks to the leadership team of the International Network of Societies for Catholic Theology, which includes more than 20 member societies from across five continents.
The challenge for the Democrats is to judiciously link popular local incumbents, who are seen to be working for the people, with the "return to normalcy" Joe Biden promised but has not been able to deliver.