An Australian jury on Thursday convicted a former Catholic bishop renowned for hosting alcohol-fueled house parties of sexually abusing two young Indigenous men.

The Democratic Party fails "to convince the public that a particular policy would address their problems" and "appears out of touch and devoid of vision," writes NCR's Michael Sean Winters.

Messages of solidarity from bishops' conferences across Latin America poured in as rescue workers race against time to save victims still trapped beneath the rubble in multiple cities across Colombia.

The organization plans to invest in staff and technology, O'Loughlin said, as it explores new formats and ways of reaching readers.

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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.

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

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.

Recent security issue disclosures from major artificial intelligence developers Anthropic and OpenAI point to a need for even greater human oversight of the technology, two Catholic experts told OSV ...

"For with your vitality, your witness of a life centered on Jesus, you can contribute to waking up the world," the pope told the 1,300 leaders of US Catholic sisters at their annual assembly.

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

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