NCR Staff

Pope's quotes: "One cannot ask the ingenuity of the lamb, but the magnanimity of the dove and the shrewdness and prudence of the wise and faithful servant."

Pope's quotes: "It is not enough to point the finger or attack those who do not think like is. That is a wretched tactic in today's political and cultural wars, but it cannot be the method of the Church."

Your thoughts: Just before Christmas, NCR published an editorial announcing former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick as our publication's choice for Newsmaker of the Year. Many NCR readers wrote letters to the editor in reaction to our pick. 

Your thoughts: After NCR published letters to the editor received from all over the globe to an opinion piece published Dec. 18 titled "Is sipping from the Communion cup a hazard to your health?," even more letters flooded our inbox. 

Pope's quotes: "Today we ask for too much fruit from trees that have not been sufficiently cultivated. The sense of initiation has been lost, and yet the truly essential things in life may be reached solely through initiation."

Your thoughts: NCR received hundreds of reader responses to Melinda Henneberger's "Why I left the church, and what I'm hearing about it" perspective and its counterpoint "Memo to Henneberger: The logical thing is to 'hang in there' " written by Fr. David Knight.

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

Your thoughts: NCR readers are welcome to join the conversation and send us a letter to the editor. Below is a sampling of letters received in the month of December 2018.

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

Your thoughts: Letters to the editor from all over the globe were received at NCR in response to an opinion piece published Dec. 18 titled "Is sipping from the Communion cup a hazard to your health?"

Your thoughts: Reader responses were in support of making a clear distinction between the word "church" and the word "hierarchy." 

Listen: Billy and Robin Worley explain how Global Sisters Report led them to connect with the Catholic sisters who cared for their adopted daughter in her infancy.

Your thoughts: In this edition of NCR's online letters to the editor column, NCR collected responses to Phyllis Zagano's column calling for women to run dioceses; plus reactions to many more online stories. 

Listen: Global Sisters Report's Soli Salgado and Srs. Judy Carle and Gloria Marie Jones discuss Nuns and Nones, a spiritual movement uniting Catholic sisters and religiously unaffiliated young adults.

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

Listen: Jesuit Fr. Joseph Brown offers a critique of the pastoral letter and outlines his vision for how the Catholic Church ought to challenge itself.

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

Your thoughts: In this edition of NCR's online letters to the editor column, NCR collected the dozens upon dozens of responses to our open letter to bishops' editorial.