Month: February 2026

Behind gestures toward accountability lies a quieter crisis that New York Archbishop Hicks just inherited: uncertainty about long-term solvency, uneven communication with clergy, and increasing ideological polarization.

The Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit on the island of Flores cofounded a shelter to provide women with refuge, counseling and legal support in a patriarchal society.

Pope Leo XIV condemned the “scourge of gambling” in a speech late last year. His words followed warnings in the United States, where Catholic leaders have spoken out about the …

 Columnist Daniel P. Horan shares the two songs that have accompanied him through the Winter Games: John Williams’ “Olympic Fanfare and Theme” and singer-songwriter Jason Mraz’s “Beautiful Mess.”

“In our time, people are positively eager to claim the mantle of prophecy,” writes NCR’s Michael Sean Winters. “They think it absolves them from the need for careful moral argumentation.”