Joshua J. McElwee
Joshua J. McElwee was NCR's news editor from 2021-24. He was previously the publication's Vatican correspondent from 2014-21, where his dispatches from Rome and during papal trips abroad were frequently cited by his peers, and broadly seen as a touchstone for nuanced Vatican and papal coverage.
Among McElwee's most noted work was his years-long, tenacious coverage of Pope Francis' clergy abuse commission, which through a series of exclusive interviews with ex-members of the group revealed serious shortcomings to its work.
McElwee was also the first journalist to break the news of Pope Francis' promise during a meeting with an international group of sisters and nuns in 2016 to create a commission to study the history of the ordination of women as deacons in the Catholic Church.
McElwee reported for NCR from 39 countries and traveled for the publication in the press pool abroad with Pope Francis 24 times.
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Pope Francis appoints bishops in France, Kansas, Miami
Cardinals begin closed consultations on Catholic family practices
Cardinals submit secret recommendations to Francis on church reform
Japanese bishops: Vatican mindset doesn't fit Asian church
Francis' cardinal council focusing on financial reform, laity
With reforms unclear, Francis starts possible bellwether week
German theologians critique church teachings, propose new sexual understanding
John Kerry meets Vatican officials, talks health care reform
Pope calls religious to be 'real witnesses'
Justice's order temporarily halts HHS mandate
Pope chooses new cardinals from Africa, Asia, Latin America
Chicago archdiocese prepares for release of historical files on sex abuse
Jesuit magazine updates English text of pope's remarks on gay parents
