NCR Staff

Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to Virgina Sen. Tim Kaine's commentary about the U.S. bishops contemplating a declaration that some public officials are unworthy to receive Communion.

The National Catholic Reporter has been selected as one of 10 news organizations to participate in Google News Initiative's Audience Lab this spring and summer. 

Your thoughts: A recent article pointed out how many Catholics who have left the church since 2016 cite their coreligionists' alliance with the MAGA movement as a key factor in their decision.

Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to the news of the letter released by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone calling for public figures who support abortion to be barred from Communion.

The National Catholic Reporter has named Christopher White as its new Vatican correspondent. White has served as NCR's national correspondent for the past year.

Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to a recent Villanova University panel that intensified the debate about denying President Joe Biden Communion because of his support of legal abortion.

Listen: In this episode, hosts Heidi, Father Daniel and David discuss the first hundred days of the Biden presidency — and the reactions from some Catholic quarters. They also look at factors influencing some Catholics to leave the church.

Your thoughts: More NCR readers respond to Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese's thoughts about reforming the liturgy.

Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to a columnist's assessment on whether or not the Catholic Church can change.

Listen: In this episode, hosts Father Daniel and David talk about anti-transgender bills introduced in state legislatures and the way the free exercise clause is being interpreted. Also, it's the 51st Earth Day celebration April 22.

Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese's thoughts about reforming the liturgy.

Joshua McElwee, the National Catholic Reporter's longtime, award-winning Vatican correspondent, has been named the publication's national news editor.

Your thoughts: NCR readers remember Hans Küng, the celebrated and controversial Swiss theologian, who died April 6 at his home in Tübingen, Germany, at age 93.

Listen: In this episode, hosts Heidi, Father Daniel and David talk about the new Georgia voting laws and the Derek Chauvin trial. Then, they imagine the Catholic Church of the post-pandemic era.

Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to the March 15 announcement from the Vatican that priests cannot bless same-sex unions since God "cannot bless sin."

Listen: In this episode, hosts Heidi, Father Daniel and David discuss the recent document on LGBTQ blessings from the Vatican, domestic terrorism in Atlanta, and the governor of New York.

Your thoughts: Readers respond to our recent editorial that expresses frustration with the U.S. bishops sowing doubt about vaccines and relief that promote the common good.

Your thoughts: In a commentary for NCR, Rebecca Bratten Weiss wrote about Bishop Robert Barron's recent piece that used the term "beige Catholicism" to refer to the faith of liberal or progressive Catholics.

Listen: This episode focuses on the strange path to COVID-19 relief, the conflicting messages of the bishops regarding vaccines and the recent papal visit to Iraq.

Your thoughts: It is a controversial tradition, but six U.S. presidents have spoken at the University of Notre Dame's commencement exercises, and a total of nine presidents have received honorary degrees. But will our nation's second Catholic president be invited to speak?