Magnifica Humanitas is the most significant map for healing that the papacy has ever placed in the hands of the Black Catholic community, writes Jesuit Fr. Patrick Saint-Jean.
As Catholics consecrated the nation to the Sacred Heart, speakers at the Zeale for America 250 rally emphasized America's greatness while largely avoiding the language of repentance traditionally associated with the devotion.
The next time someone asks what can be done about the corruption of Trumpism, tell them about the Campaign Legal Center and their work fighting the corruption of our electoral system, writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.
"Christ does not advance the kingdom through political coercion or institutional domination," writes Enzo Del Brocco. "The kingdom arrives quietly, often unnoticed, yet capable of transforming everything around it."
Inspired by Pope Leo's link between soccer and the spiritual life, Michael O'Connell will be covering the World Cup for NCR. He'll review the most spectacular moments and note the suffering and injustices also present.
"The Sacred Heart of Jesus is not detached from human suffering, but beats within the living body of Christ," a body made up of the poor, the oppressed and the rejected, writes Maxwell Kuzma.
On this week's episode of "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," John Dear speaks with Mel Duncan, a leader in developing the practice of unarmed civilian protection.
Pope Leo XIV is his own man, comfortable in his own skin, and he draws easily from the models of his predecessors even while imprinting his own style, writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.
