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Whither Hungary?
The recent election in Hungary which unseated longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has rung alarms throughout European and American conservative circles. As Prime Minister since 2010, Orbán had made his …
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The World Isn’t Your Friend
I confess that I sometimes allow myself to be deceived. When things are going well professionally, when election results go the way I hoped, when I seem to be getting …
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, May 6, 2026
A sacramentary is seen on the altar during a traditional Tridentine Mass July 18, 2021, at St. Josaphat Church in the Queens borough of New York City. (CNS photo/Gregory A. …
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A relatable pope: We sort of think we know Leo
The notion of the leader of the Catholic Church playing a word game, lingering at a parishioner’s kitchen table, or going to a ballgame does make him seem more human. …
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Leo’s Augustinian roots are what the church needs today
Since his election, Leo has been pursuing a unity that is founded on the person of Jesus Christ and the proclamation of the Gospel, writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.
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One year in, Pope Leo forges ahead with Francis’ ecological legacy
Where Francis sounded the alarm, Leo has remained focused on what he calls ecological conversion: a transformation of heart and mind.
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What we knew then — and what we know now — about history’s first US-born pope
When white smoke billowed out of the Sistine Chapel last May, NCR’s former Vatican correspondent Christopher White was there. White thought it would be Robert Prevost: “His election may have …
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Bl. John Henry Cardinal Newman—You must make a venture; faith is a venture before a man is Catholic…
You must make a venture; faith is a venture before a man is Catholic. You approach the Church in the way of reason, you enter it in the light of …
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May. 6 Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Peter Nolasco (1182-1258), born in France, but later settled in Barcelona, Spain. After taking part in the Crusades against the Albigensians, he used his inheritance …
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US Bishop Urges Congress to ‘Put Children and Families First’ in Appropriations Process
Life is precious. USCCB pro-life chair calls on Congress to promote policies that support women and children, defund abortion providers, and support restorative reproductive medicine.