Dennis Coday

NCR Today: On a weekend of saints, Arthur Jones remembers a printing mishap for Paul VI that turned out rather artistic, and a bishop's poem recalls Romero, "the Latin American Passover."

NCR Today: Francis accepts Cardinal Wuerl's resignation; the Nuns get on the bus ahead of midterm elections; Republicans and Medicare reform; SCOTUS and the minutia of capital punishment

NCR Today: Synod of Bishops on youth opens in Vatican. Pope's popularity poll prolapses. Immigration detention center hell. Virtus edits bishop-presenters out of child protection training videos.

NCR Today: Synod on youth opens in Rome this week, not without some controversy. Why Catholics are uneasy about the Kavanaugh saga. Buffalo bishops under close scrutiny for abuse cover-up. India's bishops try to contain nun rape case.

NCR Today: Lessons to draw from the Kavanaugh testimony. Syria's three wars. On his knees, Raleigh bishop asks for forgiveness. Holy See continues opposing nuclear weapons.

NCR Today: NCR reports from V Encuentro in Grapevine, Texas, and with Pope Francis in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Web developer sues Knights of Columbus. One more unwelcome mat on our national front stoop.

Welcome to our online letters to the editor column. It's online but based on the old-fashioned letters to the editor format: Send me your thoughts and ideas, reactions and responses. I will collect them, curate them, and post a collection to the NCR Today blog.

NCR Today: V Encuentro opens in Grapevine, Texas. Francis visits Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Cries for reform grow louder. More bishops resign in Chile. The new conservative focus on homosexuality in the clergy.

Could this be the moment for which Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was called from "the ends of the earth" to be pope?

NCR Today: The evil of clericalism. Abuse scandal reignites in Netherlands. Get ready for V Encuentro coming to Grapevine, Texas. Start your day inspired with daily Scripture reflections. For 40 years, Sr. Prasanna Devi lived as a Catholic hermit, now she's back living among people.

NCR Today: News from the Global Climate Action Summit. Catholic sex abuse news from U.S.A., India, Germany and Vatican City. Indiana bishop cleared of misconduct. Republican Tax Reform 2.0 (We suggest stopping it.)

NCR Today: Wuerl under pressure to resign. Tim Busch denies he was consulted about Viganò letter. Proposals to see bring healing to church. 7 facts about American Catholics.

Welcome to our online letters to the editor column. It's based on the old-fashioned letters to the editor format: Send me your thoughts and ideas, reactions and responses. I will collect them, curate them, and post a collection to the NCR Today blog.

NCR Today: The latest on clergy sex abuse and suggestions on what lay folks should be doing. Revisiting NCR's series "Making Peace." Republican trillion-dollar-plus deficits are either "worrisome" or "a path to fiscal ruin."

NCR Today: Archbishop Viganò and Kim Davis, the inside story. Silence best response to 'people who seek only scandal,' says Francis. Is the Lincoln, Nebraska, Diocese paying the price for its unwillingness to change and lack of transparency? The first day of Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings.

Welcome to our online letters to the editor column. It's online but based on the old-fashioned letters to the editor format: Send me your thoughts and ideas, reactions and responses. I will collect them, curate them, and post a collection to the NCR Today blog. Directions on how to join the conversation follow the letters.

NCR Today: Marie Collins wonders who or what has changed the pope's mind. Cardinal Tobin joins demo demand church reform. Mary Hunt writes about Catholics real emergency. Trump's big trade deal with Mexico is no big deal.

During a recent appearance on the PBS NewsHour, correspondent William Brangham quizzed me about the accusations in a letter Archbishop Carlo Viganò had released a couple days earlier. "Do you see this as a demonstration of a schism within the Catholic Church right now?" he asked.

U.S. cardinals issued separate statements pointedly rejecting allegations made by Archbishop Vigano. Some bishops, however, backed him as "a man of truthfulness, faith and integrity."

NCR Today: In Ireland, Pope Francis' message of accompaniment and penance for abuse scandals is challenged. Letter filled with accusations and recriminations released by retired Vatican diplomat. What is next for this church, many wonder. Paul Elie on Trump's 'witch hunt.' Study finds women are essential to peace processes.