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Are Christians Called to Be More Judgmental?
We live in an age that regards the identification of sin as the worst of all sins. As Regis Nicoll points out, “Today instead of 10 commandments, there is just …
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Grumpy priests and Saint Thomas Becket
St. Thomas Becket. (Credit: cnbrb/wikimedia CC BY SA 4.0) We Catholics tend to have unrealistic expectations about our priests. We want every one of them to deliver brilliant, engaging homilies …
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Podcast: John Dear highlights visionary guests of ‘The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast’
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.
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A new pope, legacy of Francis: NCR’s top 10 news stories of 2025
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 …
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Looking back at 2025 in the life of the church
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 …
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Jesuit search for migrants finds remains of 2 women in difficult desert terrain
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 …
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Immigration politics, popes and Charlie Kirk: NCR’s top 10 most read opinion of 2025
JD Vance, Charlie Kirk, Pope Leo XIV and Pope Francis were among the figures that NCR’s columnists and contributors opined about in 2025.
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St. Thomas Becket
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 …
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Catholic Human Rights Activist Jimmy Lai Convicted by Chinese Communist Authorities, Faces Life in Prison…
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 …