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Immigrant families are released from detention July 27 at a bus depot in McAllen, Texas. (CNS/Loren Elliott, Reuters)

Oct 26, 2018

NCR Podcast: Catholic social teaching as a lens for immigration issues

Listen: Clara Dina Hinojosa, associate editor of Celebration, and Brenda Nettles Riojas of the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas, talk about the plight of migrant families coming to the U.S. and what Catholics can do to help them.

Oct 26, 2018

Pope's quotes: Culmination of compassion

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of Bridgeport, Conn., gives the homily during prayer at the start of a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 18. (CNS/Paul Haring)

Oct 19, 2018

NCR Podcast: Reporting from Rome on the synod and women's rights

Listen: Joshua J. McElwee and Heidi Schlumpf talk about their recent reporting from Rome on the Synod of Bishops.

Oct 19, 2018

Pope's quotes: Works of mercy

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

Human rights activist Guadalupe Mejia poses for a picture with a stamp showing Blessed Óscar Romero Oct. 12 at her home in San Salvador, El Salvador. (CNS/Reuters/Jose Cabezas)

Oct 12, 2018

NCR Podcast: Canonizing Óscar Romero, Pope Paul VI and Catherine Kasper

Listen: Pat Marrin talks about Óscar Romero's legacy and his connection to Pope Paul VI. GSR national correspondent Dan Stockman shares the story of Catherine Kasper, founder of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, and others to be canonized Oct. 14.

Oct 12, 2018

Pope's quotes: Protection of our common home

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

Oct 05, 2018

NCR board chair announces changes in leadership

NCR Board Chair Tom Bertelsen announced the appointment Oct. 4 of former NCR editor and publisher, Tom Fox, as Interim company CEO and president.

Oct 05, 2018

Pope's quotes: Respectful of creation

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

A woman prays Oct. 1 outside St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beijing. (CNS/Isaac Brekken, EPA)

Oct 04, 2018

NCR Podcast: Politics, state control and the Catholic Church in China

Listen: Researcher Mary Li Ma and Jesuit Fr. Michael Agliardo of the U.S.-China Catholic Association explain the historical and political context for the Vatican's agreement with China and what it means for the church.

Worshippers exchange the sign of peace on the second evening of an African-American Catholic revival celebration Feb. 6 at St. Rita's Catholic Church in San Diego. (CNS/David Maung)

Sep 28, 2018

NCR Podcast: Why systemic racism is a pro-life issue

Listen: John Gehring and Jeanné L.L. Isler discuss systemic racism in the United States and what Catholics can do when bishops fall short of their call to act in the face of injustice.

Sep 28, 2018

Pope's quotes: 'God is greater than our sin'

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

Sep 21, 2018

NCR Podcast: Young Catholics on healing from the clergy sex abuse crisis

Listen: Columnist Brian Harper, contributor Julie Bourbon and theologian Annie Selak explain why many young Catholics are urging for reform instead of leaving the faith.

Sep 21, 2018

Pope's quotes: Deeply connected

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

Representatives gather June 23 during the Region II encuentro held June 22-24 in Albany, New York. (CNS/AGC Media/Courtesy of Cesar Gonzalez)

Sep 14, 2018

NCR Podcast: Hispanic Catholics to gather at V Encuentro

Listen: Global Sisters Report staff writer Soli Salgado talks about the upcoming gathering of Hispanic Catholics at the V Encuentro.

Sep 14, 2018

Pope's quotes: Renew the dialogue

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, then nuncio to the United States, and then-Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington, are seen in a combination photo from Oct. 4, 2014. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Sep 07, 2018

NCR Podcast: Updates on the clergy sex abuse crisis

Listen: NCR's Joshua McElwee, Heidi Schlumpf, Michael Sean Winters and Dennis Coday talk about the summer's events that have led to an internal power struggle and an emerging layer of the sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church.

Sep 07, 2018