Dennis Coday

Welcome to our online letters to the editor column. It's online but based on the old-fashioned letters to the editor format: Send me your thoughts and ideas, reactions and responses. I will collect them, curate them, and post a collection to the NCR Today blog. Directions on how to join the conversation follow the letters.

NCR Today: English bishop wants a synod on sex abuse. One Catholic declares, "I'm not leaving." The pope prepares for Ireland trip. Mexican sisters shelter U.S. deportees. Ethiopia Virgin Mary festival takes on a "girl power" vibe.

NCR Today: The Vatican says acts documented in the Pennsylvania grand jury report are "criminal and morally reprehensible." Will the U.S. church get an apostolic visitation? San Diego bishop responds to questions about letter he received. Sisters in South Sudan keep the church grounded.

NCR Today: NCR defends press freedom, advocates for 'journalism of peace.' Indianapolis Catholic high school suspends counselor in same-sex marriage. Sorting thorough the Pennsylvania grand jury report. NCR and Celebration have the resources to help you on your journey of 'small holiness.'

NCR Today: The bloodbath in Syria is poised to intensify. With the New Ultramontanists, history repeats. Homosexuality among the clergy: caught in a trap of dishonesty. Remembering Romero. Indian bishop may be arrested for rape.

NCR Today: The church against a second chance to stand against racism. LCWR is meeting in St. Louis -- get full coverage here. More on the fall out from and implications The McCarrick Case. The Philippine government and Catholic bishops urge overseas workers home.

Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian peasant and devout Catholic, was executed on Aug. 9, 1943, for refusing to serve in the German army. The NCR archives contatins a wealth of information about Jägerstätter.

NCR Today: Cardinal Wuerl proposes panel to investigate bishops. A priest of the Washington Archdiocese reacts to McCarrick scandal. A sneak peek at LCWR annual assembly. Catholics and capital punishment. Kids go hungry in the summertime.

NCR Today: Sr. Thea Bowman expected to be approved for sainthood path. Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen laid to rest. Hondurans find staying home more perilous than taking the migrant path. McCarrick allegations put 'public inquiry' on all bishops. Irish Church tries to avoid "decline into irrelevance."

NCR Today: Pope pledges Catholics will fight capital punishment. Global Sisters Report talks with migrants returned to Honduras. Sex abuse reports from Australia, the United States and Chile. Catholic Relief Service's work in Gaza is under threat, here's why.

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Archbishop Philip Wilson of Adelaide, Australia, who was found guilty of failing to report child abuse, the Australian bishops conference announced July 30.

NCR Today: Feminism gets a new platform in Argentina. Sex abuse, the clerical culture and reform. HHS official slowing family reunification is Catholic. Global Sisters Report examines the refugee experience. Are Catholic hospitals limiting patient care in rural America?

Cardinal DiNardo says: "“Fifty years ago, today, Blessed Paul VI issued the encyclical Humanae Vitae. In it, he reaffirmed the beautiful truth that a husband and wife are called to give themselves completely to each other. ... Through their vocation, spouses cooperate with God by being open to new human life."

In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, July 24 — midnight to 4 a.m. or so U.S. central time — our technicians will be doing some maintenance on our websites, NCRonline.org and GlobalSistersReport.org. Visitors shouldn’t experience any interruptions in service. If you do have an access issues, it should be only momentary, a hiccup or glitch. If you experience longtime delays, please send me an email: dcoday@ncronline.org. As always, thanks for reading. 

NCR Today: R.I.P. Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen. Tension and violence increase between Gaza and Israel. The latest on SCOTUS nominee Judge Kavanaugh. The Catholic #MeToo. Resources to explore Gaudete et Exsultate ("Rejoice and Be Glad").

NCR Today: Russians and the National Prayer Breakfast. New sexual abuse allegations leveled against Cardinal McCarrick. A Catholic #MeToo momment? Church of England to study 'clergy narcissism.' Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene, the first to witness Christ's resurrection, is July 22.

NCR Today: Cardinal McCarrick had history of sexual harrassment, abuse. Humanae Vitae at 50 harms world's poor women. Putin and Trump meet. Philippine bishops asking folks, "Are we better off? Are we safer" as President Duterte marks election anniversay.

NCR Today: What is really happening in Nicaragua? Our continuing series chronicling the refugee experience: Seeking Refuge. Worried about a post-Roe America? Reuniting children with families separated at the border is a slow process, but Catholics are helping. More thoughts on SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh. 

Attention Philadelphia-area readers: "At the Intersection" columnist Mariam Williams will be reading memoir excerpts and poetry at the next Chasing Windmills Reading Series, Tuesday, July 24,