In Torrent of Grace: A Catholic Survivor's Healing Journey after Clergy Abuse, Mark Joseph Williams contributes to a concerningly limited literary genre in the church: clergy abuse survivor narratives.

In a viral Fox News interview, the vice president suggested that it is more Christian to prioritize your family over a stranger, but Jesus wanted us to demolish the categories that keep us from seeing each other as worthy of love in the first place.

U.S. Catholic education should be promoting democracy. Discussion-based learning is the way to do it. Theology teachers Russell Fiorella and Cappy Russell discuss. 

Scripture for Life: Christ's birth and reception by the simple made the first turn of the golden key. Now it is ours to dare the second turn and exercise the humility to be open to wonderful and challenging treasures we have never imagined. 

French Prime Minister François Bayrou wants to split an "end of life" bill to separate the issue of "active assistance in dying" from that of palliative care — a proposal seen as a smart attempt to give a pro-life approach to the legislation without antagonizing rival political sides.

The answer is twofold: We should take practical steps to protect migrants and we should creatively preach what the church teaches, says NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.

In many respects, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn and Cardinal Timothy Dolan have traveled similar paths to the most powerful office in the church, except for pope.  

Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to articles about Vice President JD Vance, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Bishop Mariann Budde's inauguration sermon. 

While the pope is acting on his desire to include women in administrative positions in the church, he seems to have turned a deaf ear to calls for women in ministry. The stumbling block seems to be his view of women.

"I believe that given the crises we face today we have a responsibility to play our part and lead where we can. … I feel this is my time to lead," Gold said.