NCR Staff

Pope's quotes: "Merciful love is the only path to follow. How much we all need to be a little more merciful! Do not gossip, do not judge, do not pick at others with envy and jealousy."

Your thoughts: More reader responses to Pope Benedict XVI's letter that blamed the continuing Catholic clergy abuse crisis on the sexual revolution, developments in theology following the Second Vatican Council, and modern society's aversion to speaking about God.

Pope's quotes: "The Church cannot be other than the sacrament of God's mercy in the world, in every time and towards all humanity."

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

Pope's quotes: "May a new season finally begin, in which the globalised world can become a family of peoples."

Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to Pope Benedict XVI's recent letter, in which he blamed the continuing Catholic clergy abuse crisis on the sexual revolution and the Second Vatican Council.

Pope's quotes: "We have heard the voice of the poor, of children and the younger generations, of women and so many brothers and sisters who are suffering due to war. With them let us say with conviction: No to war!"

Your thoughts: Two recent columns by Franciscan Fr. Daniel P. Horan received mixed reactions from NCR readers.

Pope's quotes: "God's name is peace. The one who calls upon God's name to justify terrorism, violence and war does not follow God's path."

Your thoughts: NCR readers shared their thoughts on our editorial following the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas' decision to deny admission of a kindergarten student with same-sex parents.

Pope's quotes: "Prayer and concrete acts of cooperation help us to break free from the logic of conflict and to reject the rebellious attitudes of those who know only how to protest and be angry."

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 February 2019. 

Pope's quotes: "We cannot remain indifferent. Today the world has a profound thirst for peace. In many countries, people are suffering due to wars which, though often forgotten, are always the cause of suffering and poverty."

Pope's quotes: "Some people behave in relation to corruption as they would with drugs: they think they can take it and leave it as they please. They start with something minor: a kickback here, a bribe there."

Your thoughts: The third installment of NCR reader responses to Melinda Henneberger's perspective on why she is leaving the church, and the counterpoint from Fr. David Knight asking Henneberger to "hang in there." 

Your thoughts: NCR readers had a myriad of reactions to the Feb. 21-24 summit of bishops at the Vatican to discuss the clerical sex abuse crisis. 

Pope's quotes: "The fraudster is a man who has no faith. The Gospel tells us about him in the parable of the dishonest manager. How did this manager arrive at the point of defrauding and stealing from his master? From one day to the next? No. Bit by bit."

Pope's quotes: "The world has great fear, and spreads it. Often it makes this the key for interpreting history, and not infrequently adopts it as a strategy to build a world based on walls and trenches."

Your thoughts: NCR's recent editorial "Pietà offers meaning amid the betrayal of the abuse crisis" elicited some strong reactions from our readers. The editorial goes hand-in-hand with Jason Berry's three-part commentary on look at how the sex abuse crisis has reached this point. 

Your thoughts: More responses to Melinda Henneberger's "Why I left the church, and what I'm hearing about it" from NCR readers.