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3 days ago | ncronline.org | Thomas Reese |Tomás Insua

Help us raise $300,000 for NCR!We have raised $277,783 from 1,720 supporters. We are 92.5% of the way to our goal! Pope Francis cleans the sky of pollution in graffiti by the artist Maupal, inspired by "Laudato Si'." (AP/Andrew Medichini) With all that happened in the Catholic Church last month, we can be forgiven for missing the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si', Pope Francis’ encyclical on global warming. Pope Francis fell ill and died on April 21.

1 week ago | ncronline.org | Christopher White |Michael Sean Winters |Michael Aromolaran

Pilgrims and tourists stop at a cafe on Via della Conciliazione near St. Peter's Square and St. Peter's Basilica Aug. 15, 2023. The broad avenue is lined with many Vatican-owned buildings either used for Vatican offices and residences or rented out to earn money. (CNS/Lola Gomez) Not long after I arrived in town as the National Catholic Reporter's Vatican correspondent, I attended a farewell dinner for a Roman Curia official who had served here for almost a decade.

1 week ago | ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |Michael Aromolaran |Christopher White

Catholic Fundamentalism in America, the new book by Jesuit Fr. Mark Massa, provides a much-needed framing of developments within the Catholic Church in the United States. I began my review of this book on Wednesday by examining the five characteristics of fundamentalism that Massa found in the famous "Boston Heresy case" and that he argues are found in subsequent iterations of Catholic fundamentalism. Today, we'll conclude the review by looking at some of those subsequent iterations.

1 week ago | ncronline.org | Heidi Schlumpf |Daniel P. Horan |David Dault |Thomas Reese

Pope Leo XIV waves as he rides the popemobile around St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican May 28, 2025, ahead of his second weekly general audience. (CNS/Lola Gomez) Heidi Schlumpf, Daniel P. Horan, and David Dault gather for a special episode of "The Francis Effect" podcast to look at the first weeks of the papacy of Pope Leo XIV. How do I listen? Click the "play" button at the top of the page to start the show.

1 week ago | ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |Michael Aromolaran |Christopher White

Leo XIV, the first pope born in the United States, is also claimed by the Peruvian people whom he served for over two decades as one of their own. Then known as Robert Francis Prevost, he lived and worked in the cities of Trujillo and Chiclayo in northern Peru. In Chiclayo he served as bishop from 2015-2023. Trujillo is a few hours south of Chiclayo, where the pope lived for a decade.