Santos Alfaro Ayala was wrongfully imprisoned for almost three months under El Salvador's "state of exception," which has suspended due process rights for the government's fight against armed gangs. Alfaro and his community are rejoicing at his release.
A New York state appeals court has found that an insurer for the Archdiocese of New York is not required to cover costs for settling hundreds of sex abuse claims — a ruling the archdiocese has called "extremely disappointing" and "wrongly decided."
NCR asked three Catholic theologians how they view the Vatican's new doctrinal document, which condemns gender-affirming surgery for transgender people.
As protests over the Israeli-Gaza war continue at Columbia University, leaders of the Catholic student group say they will support what helps create "genuine fraternity and mutual respect" among their fellow students.
In response to the public health emergency due to the dengue virus, Archbishop Roberto O. González Nieves of San Juan, Puerto Rico, called on the faithful to take action and "be instruments of everyone's right to health."
Britain's Catholic Church has condemned a government-backed law allowing migrants in the country illegally to be forcibly deported to Rwanda in East Africa.
The Archdiocese of New Orleans had been ordered by a New Orleans criminal court to turn over the records, as part of a long-running criminal investigation involving multiple accused priests.
"Polarization is a first-order crisis," Paulist Fr. Ricky Manalo told NCR. That was the topic of the inaugural Paulist Summit on Polarization, held in Las Vegas April 19-21.
A new AI priest, launched by a Catholic teaching apostolate to answer questions about the faith, has been "laicized" after sparking more backlash than belief online.