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The Worley family, from left: Noah, Billy, Robin, Heidi, Teagan and Michah Worley. Robin Worley encourages her children to remember that they are “ambassadors for good and for God.” (Courtesy of the Worley family)

NCR Podcast: Adoption connects Tennessee family with Catholic sisters in China

Listen: Billy and Robin Worley explain how Global Sisters Report led them to connect with the Catholic sisters who cared for their adopted daughter in her infancy.

Letters to the Editor

Your thoughts on women leading a diocese and more

Your thoughts: In this edition of NCR's online letters to the editor column, NCR collected responses to Phyllis Zagano's column calling for women to run dioceses; plus reactions to many more online stories. 

Alan Webb, Sarah Bradley, Dominican Sr. Gloria Jones and Adam Horovitz after a Nuns and Nones regional meeting. (Sr. Gloria Jones)

NCR Podcast: Women religious and millennials find a common spiritual path

Listen: Global Sisters Report's Soli Salgado and Srs. Judy Carle and Gloria Marie Jones discuss Nuns and Nones, a spiritual movement uniting Catholic sisters and religiously unaffiliated young adults.

Pope's quotes: Beautiful confession

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

NCR Podcast: Unpacking the U.S. bishops' pastoral letter on racism

Listen: Jesuit Fr. Joseph Brown offers a critique of the pastoral letter and outlines his vision for how the Catholic Church ought to challenge itself.

Pope's quotes: God's love is boundless

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

Letters to the Editor

It's not over: Your thoughts on our open letter to bishops

Your thoughts: In this edition of NCR's online letters to the editor column, NCR collected the dozens upon dozens of responses to our open letter to bishops' editorial. 

Pope's quotes: Many slaves

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

NCR Podcast: How (and why) Jews appreciate Catholics

Listen: Julia Lieblich and Rabbi James Rudin explain what they appreciate about Catholicism. Sociologist Maureen Day offers solutions to polarity within the Catholic Church.

Pope's quotes: Division is a weapon

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

NCR Podcast: Eating animals and climate change

Listen: NCR columnist Colman McCarthy explains his thoughts on Thanksgiving and how eating animals contributes to climate change, while NCR staff writer Brian Roewe talks about the upcoming COP24 Summit.

Bishops listen to a speaker Nov. 14 at the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. (CNS/Bob Roller)

NCR Podcast: What happened at the US bishops' fall meeting?

Listen: Heidi Schlumpf and Michael Sean Winters talk about the bishops' conference fall meeting and what it means for a church in crisis. Dan Stockman explains what's next for Sr. Thea Bowman's cause for sainthood.

Pope's quotes: The world watches

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

Bottles of opioid-based medication are seen at a pharmacy in Portsmouth, Ohio. (CNS/Bryan Woolston, Reuters)

NCR Podcast: New approaches to the opioid crisis

Listen: Contributor Elizabeth Eisenstadt-Evans talks about her recent reporting on the opioid epidemic and the efforts of faith-based groups and Catholic sisters to stem the tide of opioid abuse in the US.

Pope's quotes: Respect the environment

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

Pope's quotes: An image of God

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

A man casts his vote in 2017 at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Tucker, Ga. (CNS/Chris Aluka Berry, Reuters)

NCR Podcast: The 2018 midterm elections and the Catholic vote

Listen: Michael Sean Winters explains what he'll be watching for during returns on Election Day. NCR's Heidi Schlumpf, Brian Roewe and Maria Benevento talk about their recent reporting from key midterms election states. 

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

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.

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)

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.

 

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