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Jump to navigation * National Catholic Reporter * EarthBeat * Global Sisters Report Free Newsletters Advertisement * Our Facebook Page * Follow us on Twitter * Follow us on Instagram * Our YouTube Channel The Independent News Source Menu Menu * Donate * Legacy Challenge * Become a Member * Subscribe * / Renew * Menu * Classifieds * Obituaries * SEARCH FORM Search * Sections * Coronavirus * Quick Reads * Accountability * Books * Columns * Justice * Culture * Parish * People * Politics * Spirituality * Theology * Vatican * World * Opinion * Publications * National Catholic Reporter * EarthBeat * Global Sisters Report * About NCR * Mission and Values * Staff & Contributors * Board of Directors * Free Newsletters HOW TO BE AN IGNATIAN ANTI-RACIST THIS LENT by Matt Kappadakunnel Mar 2, 2022 Views SOME CONSERVATIVE CATHOLICS' APOLOGIES FOR PUTIN REVEAL FASCIST SYMPATHIES by Michael Sean Winters Mar 2, 2022 Commentary AS UKRAINE BLEEDS, POPE FRANCIS AND RUSSIAN PATRIARCH KIRILL COULD BE NEGOTIATORS by Pat Marrin Mar 1, 2022 Blog THE FRANCIS EFFECT PODCAST: WAR IN UKRAINE, THE POPE'S STUDENT DIALOGUE, AND LENT by NCR Staff Mar 2, 2022 AT COMPTON'S ALMA BACKYARD FARMS, NO LIFE OR LAND IS WASTED by Melissa Cedillo Mar 1, 2022 At ALMA Backyard Farms, the idea that "no lives or land is to be wasted" aligns with Pope Francis' critique of "throwaway culture" in Laudato Si'. REJECTION OR WELCOME: TRANSGENDER CATHOLICS ENCOUNTER BOTH by David Crary, Associated Press Feb 28, 2022 For transgender Catholics across the United States, retaining their faith can entail complex calculations. They face rebukes from some fellow Catholics, including many bishops, yet find full acceptance in some premises of the church. Commentary JOSEPH ESPAILLAT IS NEW YORK'S FIRST DOMINICAN BISHOP. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OUR CHURCH? by Félix Cepeda Mar 1, 2022 Commentary: Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Espaillat's appointment gives us, as U.S. Catholics, the opportunity to more fully uplift and understand the nuances of the Latinx experience. DR. PAUL FARMER, AKA 'KENOSIS MAN,' EMPTIED HIMSELF IN LOVE AND SERVICE TO OTHERS by Jennie Weiss Block Feb 28, 2022 Appreciation: The late public health pioneer Paul Farmer is remembered by his spiritual director as a model of love and compassion for all of humanity. She asks, "Really, is it any wonder that his heart gave out?" Advertisement OPINION Commentary HOW TO BE AN IGNATIAN ANTI-RACIST THIS LENT by Matt Kappadakunnel Mar 2, 2022 Commentary: A sin that continues to wound and divide is racism. This Lent, Catholics should read Ibram X. Kendi's How to Be an Antiracist, and connect his reflection with the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises and the Examen. Blog THE FRANCIS EFFECT PODCAST: WAR IN UKRAINE, THE POPE'S STUDENT DIALOGUE, AND LENT by NCR Staff Mar 2, 2022 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. Views SOME CONSERVATIVE CATHOLICS' APOLOGIES FOR PUTIN REVEAL FASCIST SYMPATHIES by Michael Sean Winters Mar 2, 2022 Views ANGER AND CONFUSION IN ARIZONA by Phyllis Zagano, Religion News Service Mar 1, 2022 Column | The Francis Chronicles FRANCIS, THE COMIC STRIP by Pat Marrin Mar 1, 2022 Views LINKS: THE SUPREME COURT NOMINEE; PARTISAN REDISTRICTING; UNIONIZING AT SEATTLE U by Michael Sean Winters Mar 1, 2022 VATICAN VATICAN GRANTS THREE-DAY PATERNITY LEAVE FOR LAY EMPLOYEES by Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service Mar 1, 2022 Pope Francis approved an amended law that grants new fathers employed at the Vatican up to three days of paid paternity leave, the Vatican said. VATICAN JUDGE TOSSES DEFENSE MOTIONS AS FRAUD TRIAL ADVANCES by Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Mar 1, 2022 The Vatican's criminal tribunal on Tuesday resoundingly rejected defense motions to dismiss a landmark financial fraud case and ruled the trial will go ahead with the questioning of a cardinal scheduled for later this month. DONNELLY WILL SOON HEAD TO ROME AS NEW US AMBASSADOR TO THE HOLY SEE by Catholic News Service Feb 28, 2022 PAPAL PLEAS FOR PEACE: EVEN IF UNHEEDED, POPE FRANCIS CONTINUES TRADITION by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service Feb 28, 2022 DIALOGUE IS BEST ANTIDOTE TO EXTREMISM, POPE TELLS IRAQI CHRISTIAN LEADERS by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service Feb 28, 2022 VATICAN CARDINAL OFFERS TO HELP MEDIATE BETWEEN UKRAINE, RUSSIA by Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service Feb 28, 2022 POLITICS Views LINKS: THE SUPREME COURT NOMINEE; PARTISAN REDISTRICTING; UNIONIZING AT SEATTLE U by Michael Sean Winters Mar 1, 2022 Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: GOP efforts to block Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination; how partisan redistricting furthers party radicalization and the country's polarization. PAPAL PLEAS FOR PEACE: EVEN IF UNHEEDED, POPE FRANCIS CONTINUES TRADITION by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service Feb 28, 2022 Pope Francis knows his appeals for an end to the war in Ukraine carry little weight with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but he also knows he has an obligation to continue speaking out and rallying others to join him in praying for peace. DIALOGUE IS BEST ANTIDOTE TO EXTREMISM, POPE TELLS IRAQI CHRISTIAN LEADERS by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service Feb 28, 2022 VATICAN CARDINAL OFFERS TO HELP MEDIATE BETWEEN UKRAINE, RUSSIA by Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service Feb 28, 2022 SUPREME COURT HEARS ARGUMENTS IN 'PUBLIC CHARGE' CASE by Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service Feb 28, 2022 BIDEN NOMINATES KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, 'PROVEN CONSENSUS BUILDER,' TO SUPREME COURT by Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service Feb 25, 2022 PEOPLE Blog THE FRANCIS EFFECT PODCAST: WAR IN UKRAINE, THE POPE'S STUDENT DIALOGUE, AND LENT by NCR Staff Mar 2, 2022 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. Views ANGER AND CONFUSION IN ARIZONA by Phyllis Zagano, Religion News Service Mar 1, 2022 Phyllis Zagano: Three Arizona men, congressional candidate Ron Watkins, Senate primary candidate Jim Lamon and Phoenix Bishop Thomas Olmsted, are causing a lot of headshaking in the Grand Canyon State and beyond. VATICAN GRANTS THREE-DAY PATERNITY LEAVE FOR LAY EMPLOYEES by Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service Mar 1, 2022 CATHOLIC COLLEGE LEADERS URGED TO LISTEN UP IN SYNOD SESSIONS by Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service Mar 1, 2022 AS PANDEMIC'S LIMITS EASE, PALMS BURN IN PREPARATION FOR ASH WEDNESDAY by Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service Mar 1, 2022 JOSEPH ESPAILLAT IS NEW YORK'S FIRST DOMINICAN BISHOP. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OUR CHURCH? by Félix Cepeda Mar 1, 2022 EARTHBEAT YALE, STANFORD AND MIT'S FOSSIL FUEL INVESTMENTS ARE ILLEGAL, STUDENTS SAY by Chris McGreal, The Guardian Mar 2, 2022 Novel legal strategy argues that top schools including Princeton and Vanderbilt are legally obliged to put the public interest first. ECO-FRIENDLY LENT RECIPE: FUN FLAVORS FOR OVERNIGHT OATS by Elizabeth Varga Mar 2, 2022 Overnight oats are a great option if you want to meal prep. Make them plant-based with non-dairy milk, vegan protein powder and fruit. AT COMPTON'S ALMA BACKYARD FARMS, NO LIFE OR LAND IS WASTED by Melissa Cedillo Mar 1, 2022 UN WANTS FAITH GROUPS TO HELP WORK AGAINST PLASTIC POLLUTION by Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service Feb 28, 2022 YOUNG CATHOLICS DELIVER CRITIQUE OF US CHURCH LEADERS' CLIMATE SILENCE STRAIGHT TO THE POPE by Brian Roewe Feb 26, 2022 SOLAR PANELS ENHANCE STUDENTS' LESSONS, REDUCE MONASTERY'S CARBON FOOTPRINT by Sean Gallagher, Catholic News Service Feb 25, 2022 Advertisement CULTURE BLACK MUSLIM LIFE HONORED IN NEW ONLINE PORTRAIT EXHIBIT by Kathryn Post, Religion News Service Feb 26, 2022 A new online exhibit featuring portraits of Black Muslims launched Feb. 2. Captured in dramatic lighting and paired with audio clips, the portraits highlight the beauty and diversity within the Black Muslim experience. CHRISTENA CLEVELAND'S 'GOD IS A BLACK WOMAN' INVITES US TO THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT HOW WE PERCEIVE GOD by Alicia Pender Stanley Feb 26, 2022 Book Review: New book asks: How do those of us who are neither white nor male see ourselves as made in God's image when surrounded by societal cues telling us that He is not of, with or for us? SAYING FAREWELL TO ANOTHER LATINX CATHOLIC FAMILY ON NETFLIX by Melissa Cedillo Feb 26, 2022 PRIEST FINDS INSPIRATION FOR PREACHING IN CORITA KENT'S VIBRANT SERIGRAPHS by Julie Asher, Catholic News Service Feb 23, 2022 MUSIC, JOURNALISM, SLANG, SWAGGER — THE BLACK PROPHETIC TRADITION IS ALL AROUND US by Byron Wratee Feb 22, 2022 50 YEARS LATER, ARETHA FRANKLIN'S 'YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK' TEACHES LOVE AWAKENS THE SOUL by Ray Levy Uyeda Feb 19, 2022 WORLD Blog THE FRANCIS EFFECT PODCAST: WAR IN UKRAINE, THE POPE'S STUDENT DIALOGUE, AND LENT by NCR Staff Mar 2, 2022 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. UKRAINIAN ARCHBISHOP CALLS ON RUSSIA NOT TO BOMB HISTORIC CATHEDRAL by Catholic News Service Mar 1, 2022 The Ukrainian Catholic Archdiocese of Kyiv-Halych and the Ukrainian Embassy to the Holy See said they had received information that Russia planned airstrikes on the Cathedral of St. Sophia in Kyiv. AS PANDEMIC'S LIMITS EASE, PALMS BURN IN PREPARATION FOR ASH WEDNESDAY by Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service Mar 1, 2022 AS UKRAINE BLEEDS, POPE FRANCIS AND RUSSIAN PATRIARCH KIRILL COULD BE NEGOTIATORS by Pat Marrin Mar 1, 2022 IN A VIOLENT WORLD, SOME FIND GOSPEL NONVIOLENCE A WORTHY ALTERNATIVE by Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service Feb 25, 2022 US-BASED UKRAINIAN ARCHBISHOP DECRIES 'COMPLETELY SENSELESS' WAR by Renée K. Gadoua Feb 25, 2022 GLOBAL SISTERS REPORT GLOOM AND DOOM AND A LINE FROM A HOMILY I CAN'T AVOID by Jane Marie Bradish Mar 2, 2022 Life is not all about me. It never has been and it never should be. God was very much present in the ways I needed; I simply wasn't liking it. Q&A WITH SR. ROSA MARIA TROCHEZ, ON ENGAGING VOTERS FOR HONDURAS' ELECTION by Soli Salgado Mar 1, 2022 For Sr. Rosa Maria Trochez, a School Sister of Notre Dame, getting involved in Honduras' 2021 presidential election "wasn't a matter of inspiration," she said. "It was a matter of responsibility; it was a duty." PAHCHANA KYA? DO YOU RECOGNIZE ME? by Nameeta Renu Mar 1, 2022 WHEN WILL 'WOUNDED JUSTICE' BE RESURRECTED? by Larretta Rivera-Williams Feb 28, 2022 SURPRISING NOVELTY OF THE SPIRIT UPENDS PRECONCEPTIONS OF RELIGIOUS LIFE by The Life Panelists Feb 28, 2022 MONDAY STARTER: SISTERS RESPOND TO RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE, PRAY FOR PEACE by Soli Salgado Feb 28, 2022 JUSTICE Commentary HOW TO BE AN IGNATIAN ANTI-RACIST THIS LENT by Matt Kappadakunnel Mar 2, 2022 Commentary: A sin that continues to wound and divide is racism. This Lent, Catholics should read Ibram X. Kendi's How to Be an Antiracist, and connect his reflection with the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises and the Examen. EL SALVADOR CHARGES FORMER PRESIDENT IN 1989 MURDERS OF JESUITS, TWO WOMEN by Catholic News Service Feb 28, 2022 Prosecutors in El Salvador have brought charges against a former president for the murders of six Jesuits in 1989, a crime carried out by soldiers during a brutal civil war in the Central American country. REJECTION OR WELCOME: TRANSGENDER CATHOLICS ENCOUNTER BOTH by David Crary, Associated Press Feb 28, 2022 DR. PAUL FARMER, AKA 'KENOSIS MAN,' EMPTIED HIMSELF IN LOVE AND SERVICE TO OTHERS by Jennie Weiss Block Feb 28, 2022 VIA TWITTER, AT MASS AND IN PRAYER, U.S. BISHOPS UNITE BEHIND UKRAINE by Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service Feb 25, 2022 NEW YORK ENCOUNTER EXPLORES 'URGE FOR THE TRUTH' by Stephen G. Adubato Feb 25, 2022 ACCOUNTABILITY VATICAN JUDGE TOSSES DEFENSE MOTIONS AS FRAUD TRIAL ADVANCES by Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Mar 1, 2022 The Vatican's criminal tribunal on Tuesday resoundingly rejected defense motions to dismiss a landmark financial fraud case and ruled the trial will go ahead with the questioning of a cardinal scheduled for later this month. 25 YEARS LATER, LEGION OF CHRIST VICTIMS SEEK REPARATIONS by Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Feb 23, 2022 A Connecticut newspaper exposed one of the Catholic Church's biggest sexual abuse scandals by reporting 25 years ago. US BISHOPS DEFEND PLANNED $28 MILLION EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS AMID CRITICISM by Brian Fraga Feb 23, 2022 BISHOPS IN SPAIN ASK LAWYERS TO AUDIT THEIR SEX ABUSE RECORD by Aritz Parra, Associated Press Feb 22, 2022 #ITALYCHURCHTOO: ABUSE SURVIVORS DEMAND ITALY CHURCH INQUIRY by Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Feb 15, 2022 REPORT SHOWS MORE DIOCESES ESTABLISH FOUNDATIONS TO FUND WORK OF CHURCH by Christina Lee Knauss, Catholic News Service Feb 15, 2022 CORONAVIRUS SISTERS IN AFRICA DEBUNK MYTHS AND EDUCATE PEOPLE TO GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE by Doreen Ajiambo, Damian Avevor Feb 17, 2022 In Africa, there is rampant misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine. To save lives amid the pandemic, Catholic sisters have been working to educate and encourage people to get vaccinated as the best means to fight the virus. HOLY YEAR 2025 SHOULD 'FAN FLAME OF HOPE' AFTER PANDEMIC, POPE SAYS by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service Feb 11, 2022 The Holy Year 2025 should focus on "restoring a climate of hope and trust" after the coronavirus pandemic and helping people repair their relationships with God, with each other and with the Earth, Pope Francis said. BOSTON ARCHDIOCESE LIFTS MASK MANDATE FOR PUBLIC MASSES by Associated Press Feb 10, 2022 WEAK RESPONSE FROM SOME US BISHOPS AS PRIESTS SPREAD VACCINE MISINFORMATION by Brian Fraga Feb 8, 2022 'THE MOTE AND THE BEAM' GIVES INSIGHT INTO COVID-19 DEBATES by David B. Gowler Jan 29, 2022 CATHOLIC SCHOOL OFFICIALS OFFER GUIDANCE ON CHANGING MASK POLICIES by Carol Zimmermann Jan 28, 2022 PARISH PRIEST'S NEW ASSIGNMENT: HELPING THOSE HE INVALIDLY BAPTIZED by Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press Feb 25, 2022 Families came one by one to the baptismal font in a Phoenix church where the Rev. Andrés Arango, whose baptisms up until last summer are presumed to be invalid, poured holy water over the heads of a dozen people in a do-over of the Catholic ritual. Column NCR LIVE: BAD BAPTISMS? EXPLORING THE SACRAMENTAL CONTROVERSY IN PHOENIX by Stephanie Yeagle Feb 23, 2022 NCR Live: Two theologians talk about the controversy surrounding Catholic baptisms in Arizona that were declared invalid because the priest used a slightly modified formula of the traditional rite. LIKE IN ARIZONA, BOTCHED BAPTISMS ROILED MICHIGAN CHURCH by Ed White, Associated Press Feb 21, 2022 CHURCH'S MULTIYEAR INITIATIVES ON SYNODALITY, LAUDATO SI' AND EUCHARIST INTERTWINE by Brian Roewe Feb 15, 2022 IN NURSING AND IN CHURCH, WOMEN'S WISDOM HAS BEEN DENIGRATED. BUT WE ARE RISING. by Geraldine Gorman Feb 14, 2022 AS A GIRL, I COULDN'T BE AN ALTAR SERVER. BECOMING ONE AT 63 HAS BEEN A GIFT. by Mary Garrigan Feb 8, 2022 SPIRITUALITY Pencil Preaching PRAYER AND FASTING by Pat Marrin Mar 1, 2022 Pencil Preaching for Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Pencil Preaching GOING FOR BROKE by Pat Marrin Feb 28, 2022 Pencil Preaching for Tuesday, March 1, 2022 SURPRISING NOVELTY OF THE SPIRIT UPENDS PRECONCEPTIONS OF RELIGIOUS LIFE by The Life Panelists Feb 28, 2022 TRAVELING LIGHT by Pat Marrin Feb 27, 2022 SEE ME, HEAR ME by Pat Marrin Feb 26, 2022 EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: SPEAK LESS, LISTEN MORE by Mary M. McGlone Feb 26, 2022 THEOLOGY CATHOLIC COLLEGE LEADERS URGED TO LISTEN UP IN SYNOD SESSIONS by Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service Mar 1, 2022 Although next year's world Synod of Bishops on synodality may seem like it would be something far removed from U.S. Catholic college students, many are hoping that's not the case. Scripture for Life EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: SPEAK LESS, LISTEN MORE by Mary M. McGlone Feb 26, 2022 Scripture for Life: We can begin to create a different world by speaking less and listening more. The very act of listening is an admission that we need to see through others' eyes as well as our own. NCR LIVE: BAD BAPTISMS? EXPLORING THE SACRAMENTAL CONTROVERSY IN PHOENIX by Stephanie Yeagle Feb 23, 2022 MUSIC, JOURNALISM, SLANG, SWAGGER — THE BLACK PROPHETIC TRADITION IS ALL AROUND US by Byron Wratee Feb 22, 2022 WOMEN SPEAKERS EMPHASIZE NEED FOR 'RECIPROCITY' IN CHURCH'S MINISTRY by Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service Feb 21, 2022 CELIBACY NOT 'DIVINE LAW' FOR PRIESTS, BUT PROMOTES HOLINESS, SPEAKERS SAY by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service Feb 21, 2022 QUICK READS GEORGETOWN SUSPENDS LAW PROFESSOR OVER 'LESSER' BLACK WOMAN TWEETS by Melissa Cedillo Feb 3, 2022 GERMANY'S CARDINAL MARX BACKS LOOSENING OF PRIESTLY CELIBACY by Associated Press Feb 3, 2022 TOP EU CARDINAL CALLS FOR CHANGE IN CHURCH TEACHING ON GAY RELATIONSHIPS by Katholische Nachrichten-Agentur Feb 2, 2022 POPE'S MUSIC LIBRARY CONTAINS NEARLY 2,000 CDS, INCLUDES ELVIS by Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service Jan 13, 2022 POPE SLIPS OUT OF VATICAN TO VISIT RECORD SHOP, GETS CD by Associated Press Jan 11, 2022 POPE'S LATIN MASS DECISION HASN'T AFFECTED HIS POPULARITY, SURVEY FINDS by Joshua J. 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