James V. Grimaldi

The Catholic electorate intrigues, baffles, surprises, bemuses, confounds, and makes news. Because of this, the National Catholic Reporter staff determined that the Catholic voter was the NCR Newsmaker of the Year for 2024.

There is always a fear of the unknown, but one Catholic sister told GSR national correspondent Dan Stockman that, at least right now, fear may be the biggest obstacle to being effective.

In April 1967, National Catholic Reporter published the secret recommendations of the papal birth control commission. The story was emblematic of how NCR revolutionized journalistic coverage of the Catholic Church.

It is not every day that the National Catholic Reporter gets an interview with one of the most powerful U.S. politicians. Camillo Barone's interview with former Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the result of his sheer persistence.

Courage is deeply embedded in the DNA of National Catholic Reporter. So, you might be asking, if we are so fearless, why don't we endorse a candidate? This year, endorsements have become more than an academic question.

Today, Oct. 28, 2024, is National Catholic Reporter's 60th birthday. To celebrate six decades as the independent voice for and about Catholics, we are launching a new feature republishing articles from our past.

At Washington's Red Mass, the themes of civility, humility and fortitude come "at a time that has become remarkably, historically and particularly uncivil at the high court," writes NCR's James V. Grimaldi.

NCR peeks behind the curtain of the synod on synodality in an interview with Jesuit Fr. James Martin.

Though we had just met in my first week on the job, Sister Annie arrived unannounced and unsurprisingly at the moment I needed to hear from her most.

"God called me to journalism, and investigative journalism in particular, the kind of reporting that shines a light on injustice, wrongdoing, corruption and the ills of the world so that society can correct them," writes James Grimaldi.