James V. Grimaldi

He rose to power despite church officials’ knowledge of sexual-abuse accusations against him. 

In 1963, Jesuit Fr. John Courtney Murray gave a speech to journalists that became National Catholic Reporter's manifesto when the newspaper debuted a year later. It remains our guiding force today.

Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national in the U.S. on a student visa, was detained outside his home in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia, on March 17 by Department of Homeland Security agents, according to his attorneys.

NCR executive editor James V. Grimaldi came up with a Guinness lentil stew made with the famous Irish stout. He thinks that seems right for the weekend. And if you're in the D.C. area, he has a March 15 party invite for you.

A school-age child died of measles. I am not speaking of the recent case in Lubbock, Texas. This was 62 years ago in Kansas City, Missouri, and she was my sister.

As we pray for the health of Pope Francis, we contemplate the future of the church and think about past papal transitions. This 1978 NCR story was published following the election of Cardinal Karol Wojtyla as Pope John Paul II. 

The Associated Press' influential stylebook has become a flash point in the culture wars of President Donald Trump's dystopian America, in a dispute arising from a gimmicky cartographic executive order.

If you are a print subscriber, you know that getting your newspaper in a timely fashion is like winning the lottery. You might be luckier to purchase a lottery ticket. Meanwhile, postal delays cost small businesses money.

It is the beginning of a new administration and the U.S. bishops' conference is suddenly at odds with the president on many issues. But in agreement on others. It is not 2025, but 1981, and NCR previewed Reagan's incoming administration.

Seymour Hersh, one of the most famous U.S. investigative reporters, wrote for the National Catholic Reporter in the 1960s. In a 1967 article, he attacked the integrity and credibility of Defense Secretary Robert McNamara.

The Catholic electorate intrigues, baffles, surprises, bemuses, confounds, and makes news. Because of this, the National Catholic Reporter staff determined that the Catholic voter was the NCR Newsmaker of the Year for 2024.

There is always a fear of the unknown, but one Catholic sister told GSR national correspondent Dan Stockman that, at least right now, fear may be the biggest obstacle to being effective.

In April 1967, National Catholic Reporter published the secret recommendations of the papal birth control commission. The story was emblematic of how NCR revolutionized journalistic coverage of the Catholic Church.

It is not every day that the National Catholic Reporter gets an interview with one of the most powerful U.S. politicians. Camillo Barone's interview with former Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the result of his sheer persistence.

Courage is deeply embedded in the DNA of National Catholic Reporter. So, you might be asking, if we are so fearless, why don't we endorse a candidate? This year, endorsements have become more than an academic question.

Today, Oct. 28, 2024, is National Catholic Reporter's 60th birthday. To celebrate six decades as the independent voice for and about Catholics, we are launching a new feature republishing articles from our past.

At Washington's Red Mass, the themes of civility, humility and fortitude come "at a time that has become remarkably, historically and particularly uncivil at the high court," writes NCR's James V. Grimaldi.

NCR peeks behind the curtain of the synod on synodality in an interview with Jesuit Fr. James Martin.

Though we had just met in my first week on the job, Sister Annie arrived unannounced and unsurprisingly at the moment I needed to hear from her most.

"God called me to journalism, and investigative journalism in particular, the kind of reporting that shines a light on injustice, wrongdoing, corruption and the ills of the world so that society can correct them," writes James Grimaldi.