NCR Staff

Pope's quotes: "It is a great vocation, that of working as instruments of communion always and everywhere. This means promoting at the same time the unity of the Christian family and the unity of the human family."

Your thoughts: Two recent opinion pieces at NCR have caused a stir within our readership. One says the traditional Latin Mass is toxic, while the other proclaims its beauty. 

Pope's quotes: "But we have the firm belief that God loves to dwell among us, who are His flock and precious treasure."

Your thoughts: When Former Vice President Joe Biden attended Mass at St. Anthony Church Oct. 27, he was refused the Eucharist by the pastor. That snub has stirred up a recurring debate in the church.

Pope's quotes: "The challenge is that of maintaining the honesty of sport, of protecting it from manipulations and commercial abuse."

Your thoughts: NCR readers are welcome to join the conversation and send us a letter to the editor. Below is a sampling of letters received in the month of September 2019.

Pope's quotes: "Everybody is aware of the enthusiasm with which children will play with a rugged old deflated ball in the suburbs of some great cities or the streets of small towns."

Your thoughts: The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is winding down this weekend, but what decisions come out in the final documents could lead to some big changes for the Catholic Church. Discussions have been swirling around two topics in particular: married priests and women deacons.

Pope's quotes: "Firstly, during my life as a priest and as a bishop I have accompanied people with homosexual tendencies or practices. I have accompanied them and brought them closer to the Lord. Some cannot, but I have accompanied them and never abandoned anyone."

Your thoughts: As one of National Catholic Reporter's regular columnists, Michael Sean Winters receives a lot of responses to his opinions published regularly on this site.

Pope's quotes: "Marriage is the image of God, man and woman become one flesh. If this is destroyed, the image of God is soiled or disfigured."

Your thoughts: After publishing letters to the editor on the impeachment proceedings of President Donald Trump, another editorial was published calling on our nation to uphold our principles.

Pope's quotes: "The attachment to authentic religious values is utterly incompatible with the attempt to violently impose on others one's own vision, using God's holy name as 'armour.' "

Your thoughts: NCR readers are welcome to join the conversation and send us a letter to the editor. Below is a sampling of letters received in the month of August 2019. 

Pope's quotes: "The world, unfortunately, is experiencing the tragedy of many conflicts fuelled by intolerance, which in turn is fomented by violent ideologies and by the effective denial of the rights of the weakest."

Pope's quotes: "The lukewarm person lives to satisfy his or her own convenience, which is never enough, and in that way is never satisfied; gradually such a Christian ends up being content with a mediocre life."

Your thoughts: NCR published two editorials this week on two very different topics. The first addressed the formal impeachment procedings of President Donald Trump, whiile the second talked about the upcoming Synod of Bishops for the Amazon.

Covering Climate Now: The Guardian is providing live updates throughout the day from climate strikes around the world.

Your thoughts: Pope Francis warned Sept. 10 that ideology is "infiltrating" the religious teaching of some quarters of the U.S. Catholic Church, and said that in past centuries such infiltrations have led to schisms.