NCR Staff

Your thoughts: NCR readers weigh in on the U.S. Catholic bishops' plan for a multi-year $28 million national Eucharistic revival to focus on "real presence."

Your thoughts: More NCR readers respond to the news of baptisms performed by a Phoenix pastor being declared invalid because the priest said "We baptize" instead of "I baptize."

Listen: Father Daniel, Heidi and David discuss the recent legislation aimed at LGBTQ+ persons, the relationship of nuclear disarmament to the war in Ukraine, and the grim second anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to the news of baptisms performed by a Phoenix pastor being declared invalid because the priest said "We baptize" instead of "I baptize."

Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to a recent commentary from a priest and his experience listening to transgender Catholics.

Listen: In this episode, David, Father Daniel and Heidi talk about Russia's attack on Ukraine; Pope Francis' recent virtual dialogue with students from North, Central and South America; and plans for Lent 2022.

Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to Texas Bishop Joseph Strickland's testing of conversative limits by challenging his fellow bishops.

Tony Hernandez, who joined NCR as director of audience engagement in September 2020, is taking on broader responsibilities as the company's general manager.

Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to a recent story about two Colorado teachers who were fired over a high school student's pro-choice essay.

Listen: Heidi, David and Father Daniel discuss student journalists and the CatholicVote lawsuit against organizations on the border, and they interview guest Fr. Bryan Massingale on book bans.

Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to the recent transgender policy released by the Milwaukee Archdiocese stipulating that parishes, schools and other Catholic organizations must require people to use bathrooms associated with their birth gender.

Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to a recent commentary that says Pope Francis' view that couples who choose not to have children are selfish show the church's narrow view on reproduction and marriage.

Listen: Heidi, David and Father Daniel discuss what they did during winter break; the life of Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh; and the impact of state bills and diocesan policies on the dignity of transgender persons.

Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to two recent pieces about clergy sexual abuse. One says that even 20 years after the "Spotlight" investigation, the full story is yet to be told, and the other calls for hierarchal culture to be held accountable.

Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to our recent reports on how right-wing Catholic causes have received millions from a dark money group that also funded some Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol rioters.

Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to a column that presents ways the Catholic Church can support women in crisis pregnancies with national-level advocacy efforts.

EarthBeat, a project of the National Catholic Reporter, has announced Stephanie Clary as its new environment editor. 

Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to our choice for 2021 Newsmaker of the Year, Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez, who we called a "failed culture warrior."

Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to a recent column that asks what better witness the power of an unpredictable God than to raise up the Messiah from the least powerful of humans.

Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to an essay from contributor Stephen G. Adubato cautioning Latin Mass detractors to take a step back and look at the other reasons people are drawn to this particular liturgy.