Joshua J. McElwee
Joshua J. McElwee was NCR's news editor from 2021-24. He was previously the publication's Vatican correspondent from 2014-21, where his dispatches from Rome and during papal trips abroad were frequently cited by his peers, and broadly seen as a touchstone for nuanced Vatican and papal coverage.
Among McElwee's most noted work was his years-long, tenacious coverage of Pope Francis' clergy abuse commission, which through a series of exclusive interviews with ex-members of the group revealed serious shortcomings to its work.
McElwee was also the first journalist to break the news of Pope Francis' promise during a meeting with an international group of sisters and nuns in 2016 to create a commission to study the history of the ordination of women as deacons in the Catholic Church.
McElwee reported for NCR from 39 countries and traveled for the publication in the press pool abroad with Pope Francis 24 times.
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Pope tells synod to be open-minded, cardinal says no to divorced and remarried
Francis opens synod calling for church that is bridge, not roadblock
Synod to be culmination of two years' preparation, consultation
New process for Synod of Bishops aims at allowing more dialogue
Vatican: Besides Kim Davis, Francis also met gay couple in DC
What we don't know about Francis' Kim Davis meeting
Francis again rejects women priests without specific reasoning
Francis' last message to America: Don't be afraid of new things!
For only second time, Francis meets abuse survivors, says 'God weeps'
Francis: Families should be given work, healthcare
Francis: Church not about historic buildings, but personal calling
At NY Mass, Francis describes how to be a saint in the city
At Ground Zero, Francis asks 9/11 families to be instruments of peace
Vatican's Lombardi: Pope may address sexual abuse crisis in US again
Francis praises US women religious, but is non-specific on sexual abuse
Francis, citing Day and Merton, pushes Congress to pursue common good
Francis meets with nuns fighting contraceptive mandate
Newest saint, Junipero Serra, Francis says, protected Native Americans
Francis tells US bishops to be ‘promoters of the culture of encounter’
