Pat Perriello

NCR Today: Republicans have been busy generating a list of possible areas of inquiry that Democrats may pursue if they take over the House of Representatives in the 2018 election. 

NCR Today: For me, remaining in the church is about reforming the church and latching on to the best of what it has to offer. We need to change this church together.

There is a movement to hold bishops accountable in a way that has not been done before, and that is a good thing. But the notion that the church can continue to operate as it has in the past is becoming tiresome. 

NCR Today: If you have read any of my recent blog posts, you will likely agree that I have become obsessed with President Donald Trump and the Russian investigation.

NCR Today: Some world leaders are relishing Trump's use of "fake news" and "enemies of the people." They are using it to their advantage. Journalists are increasingly unsafe.

NCR Today: President Trump is under investigation: he should not select another nominee to the Supreme Court until the Russia investigation concludes.

The church has the right to proclaim what it believes and what teachings it expects its members to follow. It does not have the right to impose its beliefs on people of other faiths or no faith.

NCR Today: The callous regard for the separated immigrant families and the willingness to use the children as political pawns can only be characterized as disgusting. By now, we have a pretty good idea of who and what Donald Trump is. But who are these other people who are leading our country?

NCR Today: If James Carroll's novel The Cloister did anything for me, it was to drive me to find and read more of the work of Peter Abelard, who needs to be rehabilitated among Catholic thinkers and assume his rightful position in the hierarchy of Catholic thought.

NCR Today: While it may be a bad idea politically for Democrats to talk about impeachment right now, it is surely time to stand for the truth and hold this president accountable.

NCR Today: A summit provides Trump an opportunity to show that he is a deal maker. It gives Kim Jong Un the chance to elevate his place on the world stage. But can either man be trusted?

NCR Today: You can't impeach a president over policy differences. However, something else is going on. The very existence of our country under the Constitution is being challenged by Trump.

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NCR Today: The event worked well in the past. Yet, in our current political climate, it just doesn't work. How can we get back to a sane level of interacting with each other?

NCR Today: Seminary formation requires critical change. Seminarians need the opportunity to think and explore ideas and trends in the world and apply themselves to determining how the church can wisely engage with the outside world.

NCR Today: Gun rights advocates' rejection of common-sense steps to reduce gun violence and their attacks on teenagers are ultimately about protecting gun manufacturers' profits.

NCR Today: Trying to change leadership, tepid on women's issues, Pope Francis sometimes looks like someone who feels he has gone as far as he can and is discouraged from continuing to push for change. The resistance is winning.

NCR Today: I have harbored some concerns about young people for some time. But after March for Our Lives … well, even old men can be wrong once in a while.

The president has a masterful ability to connect with his supporters, but the results of Tuesday night's election in Pennsylvania suggest that, come November, voters can still change the course of history.

NCR Today: As Christians, it is clear to us that salvation comes through Jesus Christ. How that reality gets interpreted is critical. Gerard O'Connell in America provides an analysis of the new Placuit Deo letter.