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January 16, 2021 at 10:00 AM

NCR Weekend: A window into the world of male Catholic devotion

NCR Weekend: A window into the world of male Catholic devotion View email in your browser Here are your weekend must reads. A new book by Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada brings the reader into the community of male Catholic devotion via planning me…

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January 15, 2021 at 12:00 PM

NCR Friday: Polish church in crisis

NCR Friday: Polish church in crisis View email in your browser Welcome to Friday. The Polish church has played a crucial role in the transition from communism to democracy and now has become enmeshed in the nation's political affairs. An NCR…

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January 14, 2021 at 12:00 PM

NCR Thursday: Were Catholics conned by Trump?

NCR Thursday: Were Catholics conned by Trump? View email in your browser Welcome to Thursday. An NCR commentary says that many Americans, including Catholics, voted for Donald Trump because they thought he was "pro-life," but those voters we…

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January 13, 2021 at 12:01 PM

NCR Wednesday: Refugee groups want to get back to work

NCR Wednesday: Refugee groups want to get back to work View email in your browser Welcome to Wednesday. Under the Trump administration, refugee resettlement programs have been continuously slashed, but there is hope that will change under Pr…

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January 12, 2021 at 12:00 PM

NCR Tuesday: Another impeachment on the horizon

NCR Tuesday: Another impeachment on the horizon View email in your browser Welcome to Tuesday. NCR's editorial says in order to heal our nation, we have a moral obligation to support the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Catholic groups…

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January 11, 2021 at 4:45 PM

Vatican news update: Pope Francis says women can be lectors; responds to Capitol attack; says its moral obligation to get vaccinated

Vatican news update: Pope Francis says women can be lectors; responds to Capitol attack; says its moral obligation to get vaccinated View email in your browser Francis changes Catholic Church law: women explicitly allowed as lectors, altar s…

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January 11, 2021 at 12:00 PM

NCR Monday: When will women religious get vaccinated?

NCR Monday: When will women religious get vaccinated? View email in your browser Welcome to Monday. The vast majority of women religious in the U.S. are over the age of 70 and many live in large groups in close quarters, making getting the c…

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January 9, 2021 at 12:00 PM

NCR Weekend: An unexpected Catholic artist

NCR Weekend: An unexpected Catholic artist View email in your browser Here are your weekend must reads. Catholic ceremony and visual icons seem to have affected Ed Ruscha's artwork, which has been displayed all over the world. New book explo…

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January 8, 2021 at 12:00 PM

NCR Friday: Catholic complicity in Capitol siege

NCR Friday: Catholic complicity in Capitol siege View email in your browser Welcome to Friday. NCR's editorial says the storming of the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters is the culmination of what this presidency has been about since the begi…

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January 7, 2021 at 7:45 PM

NCR Editorial: Catholics need to confess their complicity in the failed coup

NCR Editorial: Catholics need to confess their complicity in the failed coup View email in your browser Editorial: Catholics need to confess their complicity in the failed coupby NCR Editorial StaffWe say: Among those with some culpability f…

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January 7, 2021 at 7:00 PM

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January 7, 2021 at 12:00 PM

NCR Thursday: Riot at the Capitol

NCR Thursday: Riot at the Capitol View email in your browser Welcome to Thursday. The U.S. Capitol was overtaken by insurrectionists seeking to disrupt the votes to formally declare Joe Biden the president-elect, leaving some U.S. bishops ca…

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January 6, 2021 at 11:30 PM

'You reap what you sow': Some bishops decry violence at Capitol

'You reap what you sow': Some bishops decry violence at Capitol View email in your browser 'You reap what you sow': Some bishops decry violence at Capitolby Christopher WhiteAs the U.S. Capitol was taken over by insurrectionists on Jan. 6 se…

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January 6, 2021 at 12:00 PM

NCR Wednesday: Give women a voice in the church

NCR Wednesday: Give women a voice in the church View email in your browser Welcome to Wednesday. "Future of Faith" series proposes ways to elevate women's voices in the San Diego diocese. An NCR columnist turns to St. Angela, a medieval woma…

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January 5, 2021 at 12:01 PM

NCR Tuesday: Love your neighbor, get a vaccine

NCR Tuesday: Love your neighbor, get a vaccine View email in your browser Welcome to Tuesday. An NCR commentator says that it is the moral obligation of Catholics to get a COVID-19 vaccine in order to protect our neighbors. The board of trus…

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January 4, 2021 at 7:01 PM

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January 4, 2021 at 12:01 PM

NCR Monday: Countdown to inauguration

NCR Monday: Countdown to inauguration View email in your browser Welcome to Monday. As we head toward the Jan. 20 inauguration, NCR will publish a series of essays from prominent Catholic political and cultural leaders on what issues the Bi…

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January 1, 2021 at 12:00 PM

NCR Weekend: Letting go of 2020

NCR Weekend: Letting go of 2020 View email in your browser Happy New Year! Here are your weekend must reads. An NCR columnist writes about how to live a more grounded life in 2021 by letting go and giving it all to God. Via Negativa is a fun…

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December 31, 2020 at 12:01 PM

NCR Thursday: Encounter the real Christ in 2021

NCR Thursday: Encounter the real Christ in 2021 View email in your browser Welcome to Thursday. An NCR commentator hopes the church will welcome the real Jesus by integrating the images, liturgical practices and homilies of faith communities…

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December 29, 2020 at 12:00 PM

NCR Tuesday: Reaching across the aisle

NCR Tuesday: Reaching across the aisle View email in your browser Welcome to Tuesday. Friendships across party lines are becoming rarer during the current fraught political climate. Unchecked clericalism is the disease that plagues the Catho…

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December 28, 2020 at 7:00 PM

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December 28, 2020 at 12:00 PM

NCR Monday: A year in review

NCR Monday: A year in review View email in your browser 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 dem…

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December 26, 2020 at 12:01 PM

NCR Weekend: Pixar's "Soul" sees connection everywhere

NCR Weekend: Pixar's "Soul" sees connection everywhere View email in your browser Here are your weekend must reads. Sr. Rose Pacatte recommends a Pixar movie that offers a spark of hope. The Feast of the Holy Family is really a celebration o…

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December 24, 2020 at 12:00 PM

NCR Christmas: O come, Emmanuel

NCR Christmas: O come, Emmanuel View email in your browser Welcome to Christmas Eve. Michael Leach invites us to keep on looking for beauty this Christmas with the inspiration of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Fr. Bob McCahill writes from Bangladesh…

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December 23, 2020 at 12:01 PM

NCR Wednesday: A very Gaffigan Christmas

NCR Wednesday: A very Gaffigan Christmas View email in your browser Welcome to Wednesday. Actress and writer Jeannie Gaffigan polls Catholic friends and draws on her own experience to celebrate an unusual 2020 Christmas. Pope Francis has giv…

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December 22, 2020 at 12:01 PM

NCR Tuesday: Do Catholics accept Biden as president-elect?

NCR Tuesday: Do Catholics accept Biden as president-elect? View email in your browser Welcome to Tuesday. Catholics, for the most part, accept election results, but disagree whether Trump's refusal to concede is problematic. Columnist Rebecc…

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December 21, 2020 at 2:45 PM

Vatican: Coronavirus vaccines 'morally acceptable for Catholics

Vatican: Coronavirus vaccines 'morally acceptable for Catholics View email in your browser Vatican: Coronavirus vaccines 'morally acceptable' for Catholicsby Joshua J. McElweeThe Vatican's doctrinal office issued a note Dec. 21 saying it is …

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December 21, 2020 at 12:00 PM

NCR Monday: The Vatican's controversial Nativity scene

NCR Monday: The Vatican's controversial Nativity scene View email in your browser Welcome to Monday. This year's Nativity scene at the Vatican have caused some adverse reactions, but one NCR commentator loves the whimsical figurines. Most Ca…

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December 19, 2020 at 12:01 PM

NCR Weekend: "Ma Rainey's" reimagines the African American experience

NCR Weekend: "Ma Rainey's" reimagines the African American experience View email in your browser Here are your weekend must reads. Netflix's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," based on a Tony Award-nominated play, is the best film of 2020, says an …

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December 18, 2020 at 12:01 PM

NCR Friday: Disappointed Catholic Trump supporters

NCR Friday: Disappointed Catholic Trump supporters View email in your browser Welcome to Friday. Millions of Catholic voters supported President Donald Trump over Catholic President-elect Joe Biden, leaving some to reflect on this moment wit…

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December 17, 2020 at 7:00 PM

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December 17, 2020 at 12:01 PM

NCR Thursday: Catholic fear more trouble in Belarus

NCR Thursday: Catholic fear more trouble in Belarus View email in your browser Welcome to Thursday. Catholic clergy in Belarus face continued sanctions under authoritarian rule of the president. It was a year like no other, making NCR's choi…

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December 16, 2020 at 8:30 PM

President-elect Joe Biden is NCR's Catholic Newsmaker of the Year

President-elect Joe Biden is NCR's Catholic Newsmaker of the Year View email in your browser President-elect Joe Biden is NCR's Catholic Newsmaker of the Yearby NCR Editorial StaffEditorial: The election of a churchgoing, rosary-carrying Cat…

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December 16, 2020 at 12:01 PM

NCR Wednesday: Where will Biden go to church?

NCR Wednesday: Where will Biden go to church? View email in your browser Welcome to Wednesday. President-elect Joe Biden is a regular fixture at his home parish in Delaware, but which church will he choose to attend in Washington, D.C.? This…

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December 15, 2020 at 5:00 PM

Tomorrow: Facebook Live NCR's Newsmaker of the Year Announcement

Tomorrow: Facebook Live NCR's Newsmaker of the Year Announcement View email in your browser Dear Reader, Tomorrow, Wednesday, December 16th the National Catholic Reporter is hosting a Facebook Live event, and we invite you to attend: Wedne…

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December 15, 2020 at 12:01 PM

NCR Tuesday: Romero inspires young activists

NCR Tuesday: Romero inspires young activists View email in your browser Welcome to Tuesday. Young activists in El Salvador seek inspiration from St. Oscar Romero in denouncing injustice and looking for social change. The Wall Street Journal'…

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December 14, 2020 at 7:00 PM

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December 12, 2020 at 12:00 PM

NCR Weekend: Netflix's 'Selena' is pure joy

NCR Weekend: Netflix's 'Selena' is pure joy View email in your browser Here are your weekend must reads. Netflix's "Selena: The Series" reminds an NCR commentator of the joy of Latinx people, especially his family's Christmas traditions. The…

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December 11, 2020 at 12:01 PM

NCR Friday: Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrations go online

NCR Friday: Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrations go online View email in your browser Welcome to Friday. The popular pilgrimages and processions for Our Lady of Guadalupe's feast day have been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. An NCR c…

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December 10, 2020 at 12:01 PM

NCR Thursday: Policing on Catholic campuses

NCR Thursday: Policing on Catholic campuses View email in your browser Welcome to Thursday. Students, faculty and staff at Catholic colleges and universities are banding together to demand change in policing on campus. President-elect Joe Bi…

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December 9, 2020 at 12:00 PM

NCR Wednesday: The American Viganò

NCR Wednesday: The American Viganò View email in your browser Welcome to Wednesday. NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters says an archbishop's opinion on giving President-elect Joe Biden Communion can divide the episcopacy. A new study says tha…

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December 8, 2020 at 12:01 PM

NCR Tuesday: Diocesan financial transparency

NCR Tuesday: Diocesan financial transparency View email in your browser Welcome to Tuesday. More than a quarter of U.S. dioceses do not publish any audited financial reports, according to an annual report from Voice of the Faithful. The pope…

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December 7, 2020 at 7:00 PM

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December 7, 2020 at 2:45 PM

Francis to visit Iraq in March 2021, restarting papal travels abroad

Francis to visit Iraq in March 2021, restarting papal travels abroad View email in your browser Francis to visit Iraq in March 2021, restarting papal travels abroadby Joshua J. McElweePope Francis will visit Iraq in March 2021, the Vatican s…

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December 7, 2020 at 12:01 PM

NCR Monday: Exorcisms in California

NCR Monday: Exorcisms in California View email in your browser Welcome to Monday. Were exorcisms the right response to protesters' removal of statues of Franciscan missionary Junípero Serra? NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters says the implos…

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December 5, 2020 at 12:00 PM

NCR Weekend: The spirituality of "The Clone Wars"

NCR Weekend: The spirituality of "The Clone Wars" View email in your browser Here are your weekend must reads. An NCR commentator says she sees her own spiritual journey acted out in a character in "The Clone Wars." Join Dan Schutte for the …

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December 4, 2020 at 12:00 PM

NCR Friday: Go ahead and decorate for Christmas

NCR Friday: Go ahead and decorate for Christmas View email in your browser Welcome to Friday. NCR's editorial staff says we know it's Advent season, but 2020 has been a year like no other so go ahead and decorate for Christmas early. NCR pol…

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December 3, 2020 at 12:00 PM

NCR Thursday: Political divide among Latino Americans

NCR Thursday: Political divide among Latino Americans View email in your browser Welcome to Thursday. A new poll says that Latino Protestants are more conservative and supportive of President Donald Trump than their Catholic counterparts. De…

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December 2, 2020 at 2:53 PM

We count on each other

We count on each other We count on the NCR as a voice of hope, faith, and reason. -        NCR donor, Dec. 1, 2020 Dear NCR Reader, I write to you today with deep gratitude. Yesterday I ask…

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December 2, 2020 at 12:00 PM

NCR Wednesday: Where is the encyclical on nonviolence?

NCR Wednesday: Where is the encyclical on nonviolence? View email in your browser Welcome to Wednesday. One NCR commentator says that Pope Francis has already put aside the passive stance of just war theory, but an encyclical would lend cred…

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