Heidi Schlumpf

Global crises can lead to seismic changes or just clarify current challenges and possibilities. What kind of shift is taking place as people experience the Eucharist virtually and apart? NCR surveyed two dozen theologians, social directors, non-profit leaders and pastors. This is Part 2 of three parts and includes six responders.

It is a time of profound change. NCR surveyed two dozen theologians, social directors, non-profit leaders and pastors, asking them to consider what closed buildings and separation could mean for the church in the long term. This is Part 1 of three parts, focusing on community, and includes seven responders.

Perspective: Religious education for the young is yet another thing that coronavirus has disrupted. I've homeschooled my children in religious ed for the last year, and I can offer some tips. 

Co-responsiblity is a common theme of events across the nation. Last week, the University of Notre Dame hosted a three-day conference "exploring co-responsibility for the mission of the church."

Joelle Casteix, an author, survivor of sexual abuse and advocate for other survivors, is conducting what she believes is the first broad survey of victims of sexual abuse in the U.S. Catholic Church.

Isabella Johnson balances being a high school senior and serving as head of the Illinois chapter of the Youth Climate Strike organization. Faith helps motivate her activism, as does the environmental work of Catholic sisters.

Archbishop Bernard Hebda's Feb. 25 email said it would be "prudent" for clergy to not vote in the March 3 primary because of the possibility that the voter's party choice could be made public.

"From what I observed, Pope Francis did not express anger toward Fr. Martin, nor did he convey that he was unhappy with his ministry," Bishop Steven Biegler of Cheyenne, Wyoming, told NCR.

Two high school teachers who were reportedly forced to resign now join a group of nearly 100 employees who have lost their jobs at Catholic institutions in the last 13 years because of LGBT issues.

Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on the Amazon disappointed those hoping for an opening of clerical roles to married men and women. The document's language of complementarity outraged many women.

Voters under 30 — including Catholic ones — could have enormous influence on the 2020 presidential election. College students told NCR that their political priorities have been informed by their Catholic faith.

A national survey has identified two major challenges facing campus ministers: a desire to help young Catholics transition from college to parish life, and the need for better collaboration.

Dynamic Catholic is now focused on what is billed as "the largest parish renewal initiative the church has ever seen." Dynamic Catholic's consulting comes at a low price, which it can afford because of donations.

At a three-day summit in Iowa, religious progressives talked solidarity in the effort to tilt the political conversation toward the common good and defeat Donald Trump at the polls in November.

It is the relationship between some of Matthew Kelly's privately held for-profit companies and the Catholic nonprofit he founded that could be problematic.

The professional life of Matthew Kelly has been incredible. His is a tale of business acumen, accessible religious content and a market apparently hungry for new direction. It also raises some eyebrows.

Noted Catholic ethicists and moral theologians share with NCR their thoughts on the drone strike that killed Qassem Soleimani and the subsequent escalation of tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

The practice called "geofencing" allows retailers to track shoppers at malls and political consultants to harvest information from cell phones at demonstrations. It has now moved into Catholic churches, with the prize being information on Republican-trending Mass-goers. 

A Facebook account under the name of Msgr. Andrew Raymond Wadsworth has gone private after a number of posts in late October and early November criticized "pagan worship" at the Amazon synod.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center with a 1,000-bed capacity planned for Evanston, Wyoming, is "a far cry from loving solidarity," says Bishop Steven Biegler, who has publicly opposed the project.