National Catholic Reporter: Bringing you independent reporting on the Catholic church and justice issues since 1964.https://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mmagjojd6v2eBishop Michael Pham of San Diego said the faithful there "stand united in solidarity and prayer with the Muslim community" after a deadly May 18 shooting at a mosque complex in that city killed three adults, including a security guard. https://bit.ly/4fvHxZu19 May 2026 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmagjojd6v2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mmac4gmjep2sThe proposal includes establishing a survivor compensation trust totaling at least $168.9 million to evaluate and resolve claims. That amount would be funded by contributions from the archdiocese and its insurers. https://bit.ly/4979Fyf19 May 2026 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmac4gmjep2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mma6kdchxg2aThe outdoor display at St. Cecilia Parish features a granite block inscribed with Scripture, prayer, apology, affirmation and the words of one abuse survivor. Atop the monument sits a votive lantern, ringed with a wreath of flowers. https://bit.ly/4fqFYMs19 May 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mma6kdchxg2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mma46vhgmb2a"Rededicate 250 was plagued by the same division that has afflicted American Christians since our country's beginning, and which now undermines the already fragile MAGA coalition between Catholics and Protestants," Emma Cieslik writes. https://bit.ly/4wWJIvJ19 May 2026 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mma46vhgmb2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mm7pviynj22uDaughter of Charity Sr. Liza Ruedas travels throughout the Philippines, working to educate and inspire students, farmers and Indigenous communities about ways to counter corruption and build a nation of justice. https://bit.ly/4vhTKpB19 May 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7pviynj22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mm7li7yh372nIn an NCR interview, Archbishop Ronald Hicks spoke about his similarities with Pope Leo XIV; internal polarization in the archdiocese; the proposed $800 million abuse settlement; and how he starts with relationships first. https://bit.ly/43gZCTL19 May 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7li7yh372nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mm7h4crigs2kOn a cold January day in 2013, Robert Bernu sat across from his son, David, in a restaurant. He still remembers that moment clearly. https://www.ncronline.org/news/what-one-catholic-father-learned-about-addiction-control-and-letting-go19 May 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7h4crigs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mm6glzxhy42nA group of women religious serving the imprisoned and impoverished are calling for prayer and assistance, as one of their members faces eviction from a San Diego residence the community has rented for years. https://bit.ly/4dvTsEe19 May 2026 03:19 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6glzxhy42nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mm6ded6liy2eBolivia's Catholic bishops appealed for dialogue and "humanitarian pauses" during disruptive protests, which have collapsed the highlands of the Andean country and threatened the administration of President Rodrigo Paz. https://bit.ly/497MO5C19 May 2026 02:21 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6ded6liy2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mm67vhl7bv2pA Catholic college in Kansas is deploring a campus-based antisemitic campaign, after hosting a recent conference exploring Church teaching on Catholic-Jewish relations. https://bit.ly/3PRip5319 May 2026 01:19 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm67vhl7bv2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mm5vx6byre2wDuring his early June trip to Spain, Pope Leo XIV is expected to bless ambulances and other equipment to help war victims in Ukraine who have received help from Sr. María Lucía Caram Padilla, a Dominican nun in the Catalonia region. https://bit.ly/4uWrOap18 May 2026 22:21 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5vx6byre2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mm5sk4qc2o2nPope Leo XIV is adding another trip to his already busy 2026 travel schedule, making a four-day visit to France at the end of September that also includes a visit to the U.N. culture agency. https://bit.ly/3RbPWr718 May 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5sk4qc2o2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mm5pjkorit2m"Today I know that caring for the body is prayer. Eating the right food is also prayer. Exercising, and massaging my numb feet and hands daily — especially my right hand with lymphedema — is my duty to the Holy Spirit." https://bit.ly/42KSfDZ18 May 2026 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5pjkorit2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mm5lvcxmxs2nU.S. President Donald Trump left China with no resolution to the imprisonment of Jimmy Lai, the prominent Catholic media tycoon and pro-democracy campaigner. https://bit.ly/4dfFw2e18 May 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5lvcxmxs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mm5ieoiub32pPolice announced May 15 that the stolen skull of one of the Czech Republic's most beloved saints has been found. https://bit.ly/4dQ0Awj18 May 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5ieoiub32phttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mm5gjs2nc22nPope Leo XIV has created a study group on artificial intelligence, the Vatican said May 16, as he gears up to release his first encyclical that is expected to emphasize the need for an ethics-based approach to the technology that prioritizes human dignity and peace. https://bit.ly/4tNzESN18 May 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5gjs2nc22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mm5bbofvv522In recent decades, the 1776 document's few references to God have been especially polarizing, as Americans defend starkly contrasting views of the United States. https://bit.ly/4ft6W6018 May 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5bbofvv522https://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mm57k7k5qs2wPope Leo XIV will personally present his first major teaching document on AI's ethical challenges alongside the co-founder of the AI research company that recently thrust into a public clash with the Trump administration. https://bit.ly/4nEbrgi18 May 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm57k7k5qs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mm4zyfbrgh2dThousands of people streamed onto the National Mall for a daylong prayer rally Sunday billed as a "rededication of our country as One Nation under God." https://bit.ly/4fnxupm18 May 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4zyfbrgh2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mm4xcgxyip2e"We hope with all our hearts that the war will end," said Sr. Camille Fermina Herraiz Martinez, 80. "We have to continue to live and to give war its own meaning. Life does not stop because of the war." https://bit.ly/4uVvXeM18 May 2026 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4xcgxyip2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mkzwo6c4zm2nWhile the numbers of adult converts are trending upward, the reality is that the Catholic Church in the United States is still bleeding members. https://www.ncronline.org/news/church-revival-new-numbers-dont-show-whole-picture-experts-say04 May 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzwo6c4zm2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mk6haiejqy2nIn 2024 a Catholic deacon appealed his excommunication after leaving the church in the aftermath of his son's abuse case. He has spent about two years waiting for a ruling from Rome. https://www.ncronline.org/news/louisiana-deacon-awaits-vatican-decision-his-excommunication23 Apr 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6haiejqy2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mk3u5lyygg2wMother Earth is creative, and just as she evolves, every human body and spirit also requires growth — this is part of the very nature of nature. https://www.globalsistersreport.org/columns/environment/nature-teaches-me-celebrate-earth-day-my-birthday22 Apr 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3u5lyygg2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mjx2pc6v4j2dThe Vatican has said that some of the themes Leo will raise in Africa are the exploitation of natural and human resources, corruption and authoritarian regimes. https://www.ncronline.org/news/pope-leo-xivs-visit-african-church-linked-slavery-reflects-his-own-complex-heritage20 Apr 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjx2pc6v4j2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mjwws43xxh2wTime magazine has named Pope Leo XIV to its "100 Most Influential People of 2026" list. https://www.ncronline.org/news/pope-leo-named-one-time-magazines-100-most-influential-people-202620 Apr 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwws43xxh2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mjwnhogwbc2mThe Vatican's influence lies less in direct political power than in its ability to shape moral debate over time, one expert says. https://www.ncronline.org/news/beyond-clash-what-trumps-attacks-leo-reveal-about-history-us-vatican-relations20 Apr 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwnhogwbc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mjuirsmgyc2bThe disciples' carrying the sorrows of the world was a type of penitential rite — begging to see God's mercy in the midst of tragedy. This begins the liturgy Luke's Emmaus story suggests for us. https://bit.ly/4c07ez719 Apr 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuirsmgyc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mjp54nd76j2lANALYSIS: In his Sunday screed against Pope Leo XIV, President Donald Trump twice portrayed the head of the Catholic Church as soft on the issue of nuclear weapons. https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/pope-leo-upholds-vatican-opposition-nuclear-weapons-despite-trumps-weak-critique17 Apr 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp54nd76j2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mjn5aykltc2fOPINION: "Perhaps, dogs (and other nonhuman animals) are already ahead of us in terms of their relationships with other members of the divine community of creation and with God, too," writes Daniel P. Horan. https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/what-happiness-dogs-can-teach-us-about-human-spirituality16 Apr 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjn5aykltc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ncronline.bsky.social/post/3mjldciiruq2jSeveral prominent American Catholics have launched a petition calling for the end of Russia's religious persecution in occupied areas of Ukraine. https://www.ncronline.org/news/catholic-leaders-appeal-end-russias-religious-persecution-ukraine16 Apr 2026 02:09 +0000at://did:plc:c7oaznv4c7p7egki7jff2jyl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjldciiruq2j