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NCR’s 10 most-read news stories of 2025 include coverage of the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, massive aid cuts by the Trump administration, Detroit’s archbishop firing three theologians, and …

Arguably, the biggest story for the U.S. church this year was not the selection of Pope Leo XIV so much as the selection of new archbishops, which began when he …

Jesuit priests and seminarians plus some laity found the remains of two women after they scoured an 80-mile stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert in a search for migrants, living or …

JD Vance, Charlie Kirk, Pope Leo XIV and Pope Francis were among the figures that NCR’s columnists and contributors opined about in 2025. 

On this episode of “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast,” John Dear put together a special one-hour, year-end episode of highlights from the 52 episodes throughout 2025.

St. Thomas Becket Feast date: Dec 29 St. Thomas was born in London, England around the year 1117. He was the son of pious parents, and his mother converted to …

Jimmy Lai, the Catholic human rights advocate whose long-running national security trial in China has drawn criticism and charges of persecution, was found guilty on Dec. 15 of multiple violations …

When the days were completed for their purificationaccording to the law of Moses,the parents of Jesus took him up to Jerusalemto present him to the Lord,just as it is written …