In this factual, carefully-researched biography, author Mary Frances Coady recounts the life of Caryll Houselander, whose spiritual writings inspired thousands during and just after World War II.

Today, we hear some of Isaiah's most famous lines, "Prepare the way of the Lord! ... The glory of the Lord shall be revealed. All people shall see it together."

This Advent, what would it be like to seek newness with the obsessive ferocity of a teenager who just found the music of their soul?

NCR contributing writer Clarissa V. Aljentera's young son is curious about the unhoused in Chicago. She and her husband try to teach him respect for all humanity, beginning with their neighbors.

It is past time for Israel to cut ties with Benjamin Netanyahu, writes David Bonior. The Israeli prime minister has failed to protect his own people, and his actions toward Palestinians have stoked hatred in the region.

At The Catholic University of America to discuss the need for a diverse and welcoming church, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory fielded a wide range of audience questions while also reflecting on his own faith journey from childhood.

Archbishop George Leo Thomas of Las Vegas said he is "holding close" those affected by a mass shooting on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus.

Russian occupation authorities have banned the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and other Catholic ministries in occupied areas of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, according to the church's main communications office in Kyiv.

The long-term survival of Lebanon's cedar forests is in doubt, as rising temperatures due to climate change threaten to wipe out biodiversity and scar one of the country's most iconic heritage sites for its Christians.  

Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to Phyllis Zaganos' column about women's participation in the synod and the church.