A consortium of four sites is working to collect and preserve religious archives and eventually be linked together to provide access to the holdings of all four facilities. At risk is the history of Catholic sisters.
The right-leaning U.S. bishops' conference reflects two papacies in which most appointments included an orthodoxy litmus test. That isn't undone in just six years of a more moderate papacy like that of Francis.
Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: French bishops stand against anti-Semitism; changing Catholic geography; the pitfalls of challenging an incumbent.
With surveys showing increasing numbers of young people leaving the church, it would seem recent abuse revelations would prompt a greater exodus. But young Catholics who spoke to NCR are not giving up.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday, allowing immigrant families to remain together, a pivot after officials spent days defending the administration's zero tolerance policy.
"While progress continues to be made, there are worrisome signs for the future revealed in this year's audit that cannot be ignored," wrote the chairman of the bishops' National Review Board.
Part 3 of 3: A new pilot program is sending FOCUS missionaries to implement "Win, build, send" in parishes, similar to the organization's current model on college campuses.
The Field Hospital: Change has been "looming for the past 50 years," Jesuit Fr. Allan Figueroa Deck says in an NCR interview. "And the vitality of the church is what's at stake."
Listen: Julie Bourbon explains the results from a recent study of disaffiliated young Catholics, Maria Benevento and Suzanne Gladney provide an update on immigration issues.
