NCR Editorial Staff

We say: Stigmatizing Trump's call to overturn an election is the first step down the path of moral reckoning. If inviting an insurrection against the United States is not an impeachable offense, nothing is.

We say: Among those with some culpability for yesterday's failed insurrection are more than a few leaders in our church. Catholic apologists for President Trump have blood on their hands.

We say: Joe Biden's biography and political outlook are attuned to the fact that we as a nation must learn again how to look after one another. As Catholics, we can give advice to our president-elect.

Editorial: The election of a churchgoing, rosary-carrying Catholic as U.S. president, only the second Catholic elected to the office, would itself be historic in a normal year. But 2020 has not been a normal year.

We say: The aftermath of Trump's term is an appropriate time to take stock of what has gone wrong, to identify the ways in which we can strengthen our constitutional order so that the next Trump-like leader isn't nearly as successful.

We say: It's no understatement to say that 2020 has been a year like no other, one already beset with plenty of delayed gratification, waiting and loss. The people in darkness are desperate for the light.

We say: Beyond the history-making nature of the decision, there are many other reasons to praise Pope Francis for choosing Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory as one of 13 new cardinals.

We say: Given what we know now about the long-lasting repercussions of the decision-making of Pope John Paul II, the U.S. bishops should seriously consider whether American Catholics can continue practices that publicly celebrate him.

We say: After four years of racism, misogyny and narcissism in the White House, we look forward to a dignified, honest leader who might restore a level of respect for the office and for our nation.

We say: Given the stakes, this is not a time for peace at any cost. No American can sit back as our democracy is undermined. But any protests or witnesses must be nonviolent. Only love brings reconciliation.

We say: In Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis says it is "very difficult nowadays to invoke the rational criteria elaborated in earlier centuries to speak of the possibility of a 'just war.' " The question is what comes next.

We say: Claiming that the meaning of the Constitution is fixed, and she can discern it, Judge Amy Coney Barrett is actually doing exactly what she said she would never do

We say: We thought the pontificate of Francis, who has emphasized dialogue and openness, would have a different, more positive vision for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

We say: Although antithetical to the rugged individualism upon which the mythology of the United States was built, democratic socialism's concern for the common good is not antithetical to our Christian and Catholic faith.

We say: In the past three and a half years, many people have been suffering in our country. We urge Catholics to look around at the suffering in the U.S. and vote your conscience this election.

We say: Resumption of religious services cannot come with a high risk to people's health and indeed their lives

Former Bishop Michael Bransfield's response to the charges against him is egregious. The people of God in West Virginia are right to demand more than rationalizations and defense of the indefensible.

With LCWR's initiative, U.S. sisters demonstrate that anti-racism work is not an ancillary exercise, but rather an integral responsibility, crucial to religious life. This stands in contrast to the U.S. bishops.

Alarming COVID-19 reports are coming from colleges across the country— including, just eight days after classes began, from the University of Notre Dame, which had been on the vanguard of promising in-person education.

Catholic social teaching recognizes that just societies must be measured by the degree to which they ameliorate the conditions faced by the poor. Our nation is failing these basic standards of justice.