Brian Fraga
Staff Reporter at National Catholic Reporter
Former staff reporter for @southcoasttoday, @CrucesSunNews & @hnnow. I tweet about journalism and sports here. For news, follow me at @BrianFragaNCR.
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3 weeks ago |
ncronline.org | Brian Fraga
Help us raise $300,000 for NCR!We have raised $281,093 from 1,743 supporters. We are 93.7% of the way to our goal! Washington Auxiliary Bishop Juan Esposito delivers the homily during the annual Red Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2023. Cardinal Robert McElroy announced on June 5 that the Washington Archdiocese faces a $50 million shortfall.
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3 weeks ago |
ncronline.org | Brian Fraga
The U.S. Supreme Court is pictured in Washington June 29, 2024. On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin, which had asked the high court to overturn a decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court the agency argued discounted its religious identity.
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1 month ago |
ncronline.org | Catherine M. Odell |Heidi Schlumpf |Brian Fraga |Brian Roewe
Pope Leo XIV, the former Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, waves to the crowds in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after his election as pope May 8, 2025. The new pope was born in Chicago. (CNS/Vatican Media) Although the choice of the name "Leo" may have taken the world by surprise as the American-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost chose his papal name on May 8, church historians familiar with the cardinal's career and the needs of the church were probably not surprised.
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1 month ago |
ncronline.org | Nathaniel Tinner |Heidi Schlumpf |Brian Fraga |Brian Roewe
The Catholic Church has a new leader, with the Augustinian Cardinal Robert Prevost elected as Pope Leo XIV, his chosen name as bishop of Rome. He is the first North American pope and, according to a prominent genealogist, a pope with African-Creole ancestry. The understated candidate triumphed on the second day of voting in a count kept under permanent Vatican seal.
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1 month ago |
ncronline.org | Brian Fraga |Michael Sean Winters
Timothy Busch, cofounder and board chair of the Napa Institute, speaks at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City on Oct. 15, 2024. (OSV News/Gregory A. Shemitz) In the days leading up to the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, a bevy of wealthy American business leaders, philanthropists and conservative activists have descended on Rome and Vatican City to meet, fete and dine with cardinals and churchmen in well-heeled settings.
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