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Welcome to Monday. We’re taking a look back at our top news stories and opinion and commentary articles of 2020. Michael Sean Winters muses whether Trump has done damage to American democracy along with his political career. And at Global Sisters Report, sisters offer a prayer or personal reflection that looks forward in hope to 2021.
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** NCR's top 10 most read news stories of 2020 ([link removed])
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The top 10 most read news stories on NCR's website for 2020 are dedicated to the topics of the coronavirus pandemic, the ever-present clerical sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, the entwining of the U.S. bishops with the Republican Party, and the evolving discussion of married priests, to name a few.

These are NCR’s most read — not necessarily the most important — news stories and are listed in order by the number of site visitors who read the story.

Read the top 10 list here. ([link removed])
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** NCR's top 10 most read opinion and commentary articles of 2020 ([link removed])
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2020 has shown us just how disconnected we have become. We have disconnected from our care of our most vulnerable populations, our respect and admiration for our essential workers, our promise to never repeat our racist history, and our dedication to a true democracy.

NCR's opinion, commentary and editorial writers addressed all these topics (and more), urging our church and our world to respond to these points of disconnection.

Read the top 10 list here. ([link removed])
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** More headlines
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* Michael Sean Winters looks back at the year in politics ([link removed]) , and the dominant theme that emerges is the nadir of President Donald Trump’s political career. Did American democracy hit its nadir, too?
* EarthBeat reviews the top 10 stories in 2020 that resonated most with readers ([link removed]) , stories that span the nation and many facets of the climate crisis facing our common home.
* In a year-end edition of The Life, GSR’s monthly panel of sisters, the panelists offer their personal reflections or prayers ([link removed]) that look forward in hope to 2021.

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** Final thoughts
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As engagement editor, I would be remiss if I didn’t encourage you to follow us on Twitter at @NCRonline ([link removed]) , @sistersreport ([link removed]) and @EarthBeatNCR ([link removed]) . There, you’ll find our latest news, events and breaking stories — and you can follow the editors, reporters and contributors who help make NCR’s coverage of the Catholic Church as robust and vital as possible.


Until next time,

Brittany Wilmes
Engagement Editor
[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Twitter: @bwilmes ([link removed])

P.S. Stephanie Yeagle will be back to her usual place tomorrow as the writer of this newsletter. So long for now!

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