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Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to an opinion column where Sr. Christine Schenk says the Cleveland Diocese LGBTQ policy is a 'slap in the face' to God's creation.

Listen: Vatican experts Joshua McElwee and Christopher White interview one of the 13 members of the committee expected to draft the final document from Pope Francis' ongoing summit on the future of the Catholic Church.

Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to a guest opinion about gender equity in the church, and whether the synod can truly be successful without it.

Listen: In the podcast's second episode, Joshua McElwee and Christopher White discuss the incredible events of the first week of the 2023 synod, and interview one of the seven organizers of the extraordinary assembly.

Letters to the Editor: NCR readers respond to reports of five conservative cardinals challenging Pope Francis and how he responded to them.

Listen: "The Vatican Briefing" is a new podcast featuring Vatican experts Joshua J. McElwee and Christopher White. In the first episode, they discuss the issues before the synod, and interview one of the first-ever lay synod members.

Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to Benedictine Sr. Joan Chittister's recent column about where our values come from.

Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to an essay about how Jimmy Buffet's music challenges us to set aside productivity in exchange for rest and renewal, and to see the beauty in the ordinary.

Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to a report by NCR staff reporter Brian Fraga on how the St. Thomas More Newman Center community is feeling one year after Columbus Bishop Earl Fernandes removed the Paulist Fathers from Ohio State University.

For the 2023 Season of Creation, EarthBeat will recirculate nine "Creature Features" through a twice-weekly newsletter. Each Tuesday and Thursday from Sept. 1 to Oct. 4 subscribers will receive an email with an original illustration of the day's creature by graphic designer and illustrator Ryan McQuade along with a preview of and link to an essay or report on EarthBeat that highlights that creature.

Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to an essay where Fr. John Heagle says as we prepare for the National Eucharistic Congress in 2024, something is missing. He urges the U.S. bishops to reclaim the Gospel vision and early Christianity's practice of nonviolent love.

Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to a column where Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese says that the good news is there are ways to reduce and eliminate the growth in global warming; the bad news is he's not sure we will implement them fast enough.

Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to a column where Michael Sean Winters says Bishop Robert Barron's criticism of "dumbed-down" Catholicism ignores the reality that a sincere Christian witness is what's really attractive about our faith.

Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to Michael Sean Winters' column about the speaker line-up for the Eucharistic Congress.

Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to a guest commentary from women's ordination advocate Kate McElwee.

Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to a guest column about "cafeteria Catholics."

Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to an essay about what the Catholic Church can learn from Taylor Swift.

Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to our reporting on a procession led by Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, to Dodger's Stadium on Pride Night, June 16.

Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to reports that the bishops' June agenda doesn't include discussion of the pope's ongoing process for the 2021-24 Synod of Bishops.