John Dear

2 weeks ago | ncronline.org | John Dear |Michael Sean Winters

Public interest lawyer Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, speaks about his mission at The Summit on Race in America at the LBJ Presidential Library on April 9, 2019. (Wikimedia/Jay Godwin) "The politics of fear and anger are reigning. We need to become hopeful, courageous, faithful truth-tellers. Truth is the antidote to the abuse of power.

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Peter Feuerherd |John Dear |Michael Sean Winters

In a neighborhood at the northern tip of Manhattan known for its bodegas, Latin music and vibrant street life, people come to pray directly to Mother Cabrini, the patron saint of immigrants. At the St. Frances Cabrini Shrine, the saint, enclosed in glass, is dressed in her habit, her pallid face in peaceful repose. Tourists and worshipers trickle in regularly, and a small faith community has grown since the shrine opened in 1959.

1 month ago | ncronline.org | John Dear |David Agren

Mexican parishioners placed eight candles on church altars in memory of the eight young people shot dead in an attack outside a parish church. Catholic leaders called for action on insecurity and urged reflection on how violence is scandalously claiming the lives of many young people. Masses were celebrated around the country March 23 as Catholics prayed for the victims of the attack, which claimed eight lives and left five injured, in the city of Salamanca in western Guanajuato state March 16.

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |John Dear

I guess my invitation got lost in the mail. How else to explain why I was not at the "Catholic Prayer for America" gala at Mar-a-Lago last week? The event was sponsored by the group Catholics for Catholics. According to its website, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who was President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser for less than a month in 2017, is a "senior advisor" to the group.

1 month ago | ncronline.org | John Dear |Giada Zampano

The day before the European Day of the artisanal ice cream, pilgrims and tourists are offered free jubilee-inspired Hallelujah ice cream as they arrive at the Vatican, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP/Gregorio Borgia) "Hallelujah!" That's what countless Catholics exclaimed as Pope Francis left the hospital Sunday after more than a month fighting pneumonia. It's also the name of a new gelato flavor.