A fan wears a promotional pope hat during a baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox, Aug. 11, 2026, in Chicago. Pope Leo's beloved White Sox lost to the Cincinnati Reds, 5-4.

Pope Leo XIV, in a pre-recorded video message, told hundreds of Catholic sisters gathered for a leadership conference that the church needs them and that their witness can help wake up the world. More ...

The veteran New Testament scholar has written and edited widely-read works including The Misunderstood Jew, The Bible With and Without Jesus and The Jewish Annotated New Testament.

"The credibility of our moral witness depends upon whether those who suffer encounter Christians before they encounter despair," Enzo Del Brocco writes.

Over 600 people attended vigils outside a federal immigration office near Cincinnati after Haitian residents of Springfield received letters directing them to appear at the ICE field office nearly two ...

Michigan's Democratic Senate candidate needs to explain how he intends to achieve his goals, writes NCR's Michael Sean ...

"For centuries," writes Vanessa R. Corcoran, "attacks on female religious imagery have continued (outpacing vandalism against ...

NCR readers respond to stories about Pope Leo XIV and synodality, new funeral restrictions in the Diocese of Springfield, ...

Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta is returning to normal after a massive migrant surge overwhelmed its borders, but ...

Some see the facilities' construction as a sign of the apocalypse, while others see it as an opportunity to advocate for ...

"Populism usually has an angry edge to it, and Catholicism always favors a more irenic approach," writes NCR's Michael Sean ...

From childhood, Steven Spielberg was taught that the most important spiritual act he could do is listen. His filmography ...