National Catholic Reporter

The search for the remains of a U.S.-born priest who died in Honduras 19 years ago while serving as chaplain to a group of revolutionaries may have come to an end. Family members of the priest told NCR they are hopeful that if remains found Jan....

Victoria Pope knows a good thing when she sees it. Never mind that her family is not Catholic. She wants her children to be taught by the Sisters of the Notre Dame at St. Francis School in the heart of her east side inner-city Cleveland neighborhood....

Those who work hard all week and are looking for a movie escape won't get much help from recent openings. Ralph Fiennes, who lent his distinguished presence to a pre-Christmas cinematic marshmallow named "Maid in Manhattan," gives a hauntingly memorable...

During his gubernatorial campaign, Jeb Bush declared himself the "education governor." True to his word, under his tenure the educational landscape in Florida has changed. At first glance, his A Plus Plan and School Choice Program seems nothing...

Reinstating the draft is not part of current U.S. war plans, analysts say. At least not yet. But two recent bills in Congress indicate conscription is back in the public discussion. At the beginning of this year, Rep. Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y.,...

Teenagers who think they might seek conscientious objector status if the draft is revived need to start documenting their beliefs now, said Albuquerque attorney Tova Indritz. The draft is designed for swift implementation, said Indritz, leaving...

What are the limits of speech during war? They range from the silly to the serious. The silly you know about: Ohio Republican representative Bob Ney ordered that "French fries" be removed from House cafeteria menus and replaced with "freedom...

I am writing this on March 13, as the countdown to war continues. This ming I spoke with Kathy Kelly, under of Voices in the Wilderness, the group that, since 1996, has worked tirelessly and at significant risk in opposition to the sanctions against...

* On behalf of the diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, I'd like to address the article, "Priests say bishop issues gag order," in the March 14 edition of NCR. It is obvious that reporter Gill Donovan failed to do any independent reporting for the piece and...

As an increasingly impatient Bush administration presses the world community to give its backing to a massive American-British military strike against Iraq, a group of U.S. leaders has offered a six-point plan to defeat Saddam Hussein without recourse...

They jumped rope for Africa. They sold lemonade at the Rye, N.Y., suburban train station. They donated money at Christmas to build a school for African children instead of using it to buy presents for their friends. The 650 girls, their parents,...

The Sr. Thea Bowman Middle School in central Harlem may be the only school in the nation whose students, all girls, have to climb a mountain to gain admission. What makes the climb so taxing is that there are no practice slopes in Harlem. None,...

There was a luncheonette on a small street in the town where I grew up. I used to go there with my friends when I was in high school and we would sit in a booth and have sodas and French fries. There was no menu, just a chalkboard with the day's offerings...

* You quote House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (NCR, Jan. 24) as first setting forth a few of the many reasons why an attack on Iraq is neither prudent nor just. Then she makes an astounding assertion, namely, that if the president makes the decision...

The idea of "faith-based" programs to aid the poor appears to enjoy wide support. But when it comes to funding church-related social service efforts, or identifying which efforts are worthy of federal support, the devil is in the details. The Senate...

In the wake of Cardinal Pio Laghi's March 5 mission to President Bush, the Vatican is continuing its campaign against a war in Iraq, insisting at a minimum that any use of force must have explicit United Nations approval. A related aim of the Vatican's...