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2 months ago | 
ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |Patrick Egwu |Gina Christian
Worshippers pray during a weekly Sunday Mass at St. Martha Church in Uniondale, N.Y., Aug. 15, 2021. In-person Sunday Mass attendance in the U.S. is back to 2019 pre-pandemic levels of 24%, according to data from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University. (OSV News/Gregory A.
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2 months ago | 
ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |Patrick Egwu |John Knebels
When it comes to the pressures associated with being the shepherd of a diocese, it doesn't get much easier than advocating for your community's football team. Such is the situation for Bishop James Johnston, who has spearheaded the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri, since 2015. On Feb. 9, Johnston's favorite football team, the Kansas City Chiefs, meets the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
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2 months ago | 
ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |Patrick Egwu
Palestinians make their way past the rubble of destroyed houses and buildings in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, Jan. 21, 2025, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas reached Jan. 17.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |Jack SMith |Jack Smith |Camillo Barone |Patrick Egwu
Cardinal Robert McElroy's scholarly work is one of the things that most distinguishes him. Appointed the eighth Archbishop of Washington, announced Monday, McElroy in 1989 authored a book, The Search for an American Public Theology: The Contribution of John Courtney Murray that demonstrates why his intellect is so universally admired, even by those who may disagree with him. McElroy's admiration for the Jesuit theologian is obvious on every page.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
ncronline.org | Patrick Egwu |Michael Sean Winters |Camillo Barone
The priest also serves as vicar general of the Sokoto Diocese. He told the National Catholic Reporter that the diocese works with sisters and other Catholic groups like Caritas to promote good hygiene practices among parishioners and members of other faiths.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
ncronline.org | Camillo Barone |Michael Sean Winters |Patrick Egwu
At 90-years-old, Sr. Marie Louise Vernimmen might be retired from formal ministry, but her life of service is far from over. When she retired in 2015, after caring for homeless women and children around the U.S., she moved to the Kittay New Jewish Home, with fellow Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The sisters chose to live here after selling their property in the Lower East Side in Manhattan when it became unsustainable to keep it.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
globalsistersreport.org | Stephanie Peirolo |Patrick Egwu
You can't rush grief or grace. After my son died, people tried to rush me through my grief. I felt pushed into stories that made others more comfortable, like the one about God having a plan, or my son being in a better place. His death devastated me, and I wasn't ready for those stories. I felt isolated and resented those well-meaning friends and neighbors who preferred my experience of grief to be tidy and swift.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
ncronline.org | Jack SMith |Jack Smith |Michael Sean Winters |Camillo Barone |Patrick Egwu
Since the passing of former President Jimmy Carter on Dec. 28, 2024, there have been numerous reviews of his record, both positive and negative. Two matters, however, are not in dispute, his faithfulness to Christianity and his bold enactment of groundbreaking laws against corruption. Both were intimately connected. Carter was proud to be an evangelical Christian and the first American president to welcome a pope to the White House (Pope John Paul II in 1979).
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
gijn.org | Patrick Egwu |Ekpali Saint
Like their counterparts all over the world, African investigative journalists and organizations are turning to cross-border partners to share resources, tackle massive troves of data, and increase the impact of their reporting. They do so in some of the world’s most challenging and dangerous environments for investigative journalists.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
ripplesnigeria.com | Patrick Egwu
This investigation is the first of a year-long three-part investigative series on climate change disinformation and claims by international multinational oil companies – Shell and Eni – operating in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. Royal Dutch Shell, the largest international oil company operating in Nigeria, is pushing climate disinformation and denials to advance its corporate interests.
