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6 days ago | 
ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |John Grosso |Stephanie Yeagle
Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, right, stands with supporters during a news conference April 4 at CASA's Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Maryland. (AP photo/Jose Luis Magana) In the shadow of the cross before us, where our faith calls us to ponder the vulnerable Jesus and the Christ of the marginalized, our government has erected a modern Golgotha for Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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6 days ago | 
ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |John Grosso |Stephanie Yeagle
We should sit with the suffering and the abandonment of the cross, with the rejection of all that Jesus taught which that cross implies. We should sit with death, with such a death. "But we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles" (1 Corinthians 1:23).
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6 days ago | 
ncronline.org | Stephanie Yeagle |John Grosso |Michael Sean Winters
Photos of Rita, Stephanie Yeagle's grandmother, are displayed at the memorial service. (Courtesy of Leah Sears) During the past few weeks, my pastor has been reviewing several theories of atonement in an attempt to answer the age-old question of why Jesus had to die. Did Jesus die for purely selfless reasons? Was it an act of moral penance or retribution? Was the crucifixion a transaction of our sins in exchange for the Son of God's death? What was God's message?
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1 week ago | 
ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |John Grosso |Jack Dura
More than 9,000 Catholic employers do not need to abide by federal regulations requiring accommodations for workers who seek abortions and fertility treatments, according to a ruling issued this week by a federal judge in North Dakota.
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1 week ago | 
ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |John Grosso |Kate Scanlon
The Washington Capitol is pictured in Olympia April 11, 2020. Legislation that would require clergy to report child abuse or neglect in Washington state has been sent to Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson for his signature. Some Catholics argue if it becomes law, it will force priests to break the seal of confession. (OSV News/Reuters/Jason Redmond) OLYMPIA, Wash.
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1 month ago | 
ncronline.org | John Grosso |Michael Sean Winters
(NCR graphic/Angie Von Slaughter) Bishop Robert Barron was invited to President Donald Trump's address to the Joint Session of Congress on March 4 by Rep. Riley Moore, Republican of West Virginia. Before the speech, Barron celebrated Mass for lawmakers and staff at the invitation of Moore.
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2 months ago | 
ncronline.org | John Grosso |Kate Scanlon
Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minn., speaks at the Star of the North Eucharistic Congress at the Sanford Center in Bemidji, Minn., May 18, 2024. (OSV News/Courtney Meyer) (NCR graphic/Angie Von Slaughter) Friends, we need to talk about Bishop Robert Barron. Known for his tendency to use his extraordinary social media apparatus to comment on any perceived Catholic slight, his absence in the face of the Trump administration's anti-Catholic policies is jarring.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
ncronline.org | John Grosso
The official X account of Catholic News Agency, a service owned by EWTN, was compromised Monday, Jan. 20. Scammers briefly took control of the account, using it to promote a fake Catholic cryptocurrency.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
ncronline.org | Heidi Schlumpf |John Grosso
What would the Catholic Church do without women? If some activists have their way, we're about to find out. A new project is urging women to strike by withholding time, labor and financial resources from the church during Lent, which begins March 5. The planned action is in response to the Vatican's synod on synodality, which concluded in October without action on women's leadership, including the opening of ordination to the diaconate or priesthood.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
ncronline.org | Olivia Bardo |John Grosso |Stephanie Clary
On Nov. 9, the cast of "Saturday Night Live" tackled the task of performing their first episode following the results of the presidential election, which elected Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States. In it, the cast members gave a shoutout to the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Pennsylvania. The highly anticipated post-election episode often sets the tone and picks up on some of the news pieces that have marked the election. And the cold open often does so with an unmatched verve.
