Fiducia Supplicans arrived in reporters' inboxes at 2:15 in the afternoon one year ago today, on Dec. 18, for "immediate" publication. In many respects, it defined the year ahead for Pope Francis and some of his key allies.
For some Catholic women, the election was the final straw. Others saw it as a wake-up call, alerting them to the prevalence of right-wing ideologues in the U.S. church.
Pope Francis, with bruises visible on his neck and chin, led a Dec. 7 consistory elevating 21 new prelates. He has now named 110 of the 140 cardinals who are eligible to participate in a future papal conclave.
For some Catholic women, the election was the final straw. Others saw it as a wake-up call, alerting them to the prevalence of right-wing ideologues in the U.S. church.
In an interview with NCR, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi acknowledged that San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone's Communion ban is pending a final resolution at the Vatican.
The idea that a person is a citizen of the place where he or she is born is a bulwark against any attempt to discriminate unjustly, says NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.
Fiducia Supplicans arrived in reporters' inboxes at 2:15 in the afternoon one year ago today, on Dec. 18, for "immediate" publication. In many respects, it defined the year ahead for Pope Francis and some of his key allies.
Pope Francis warned against reducing faith to a "private affair" during a visit to Corsica, a French isle where as many as 90% of residents identify as Catholic and where adult baptisms and confirmations are on the rise.
Pope Francis on Dec. 12 called for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty, the alleviation of foreign debt and the creation of a new global fund to eradicate hunger and combat climate change.
Local and regionally based Catholic universities around the globe could help provide the expertise, innovation and creativity to climate challenges that can benefit developing countries.
As President Joe Biden prepares to exit the White House, officials in his administration are working with international partners to push forward an agreement that would see almost all funding for oil and gas projects scaled back from some of the world's largest public funding sources for energy infrastructure.
The Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Bangladesh, and the local Catholic Church are making a difference by addressing the persistent challenge of access to safe drinking water.
Three months after the murder of Juan López, a Honduran church worker and environmental activist whose death was publicly mourned by Pope Francis, the bishops of Latin America are raising awareness of attacks against those fighting for social justice in the continent.
Always a deeply Catholic place, the South Bronx has long been associated with poverty, arson and crime. That's slowly beginning to change, thanks in part to immigrants and Catholic faith leaders.
On Oct. 28, the Dicastery for Evangelization unveiled the mascot for the 2025 Jubilee Year: Luce, an anime pilgrim clad in a yellow raincoat and mud-stained boots, carrying a walking stick.
Sr. Delna Rose joined the Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate in 1999. She has spent 16 years of her religious life working in the "home mission," the main apostolate of her congregation.
With congregations across the United States facing vocational uncertainty or completion, for some sisters, Advent offers a time of hope-filled reflection.
The legal cell of Catholic lawyer-priests and nuns has vowed to extend help to Indian minorities, including Christians, as persecution against them increases in India.
In the challenging environment of Isiolo, Kenya, the Institute of the Holy Trinity Sisters are pursuing Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration in their venture toward self-sustainability and restoring the Earth.
