Deacon Greg Kandra provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the 4th Sunday in Lent, Laetare Sunday, March 15, ...

Father Joshua J. Whitfield provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the 3rd Sunday in Lent, March 8, 2026.

There is a lot of wisdom to be had in this particular Gospel passage from Matthew, but I want to spend this reflection talking about the importance of wine to the Christian tradition. It has always ...

Rules are (despite what rebellious teenagers believe) good and necessary. Without rules, those same teenagers wouldn’t have the freedom to be rebellious. The English author G. K. Chesterton wrote, ...

The 60th anniversary of Vatican II's opening prompted a flurry of commentaries in Catholic and secular outlets alike. The National Catholic Reporter's Michael Sean Winters offered his perspective, ...

Elie Wiesel once wrote, “Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love.” We may intuitively know what he means, but what is it that makes friendship so powerful? In the mid-twentieth century, a ...

Come to NCR for comprehensive coverage of reactions to Pope Francis reflection on family life, Amoris Laetitia (“The Joy of Love”). The apostolic exhortation was released at mid-day in Rome April 8 (6 ...

From coastal China to Southeast Asia, Catholic communities across the continent marked International Women’s Day on March 8 with prayer, reflection, and advocacy recognizing the role of women in the ...