NCR readers respond to stories about 2025 Oscar-nominated films, "prophetic contempt" and Bishop Barron's digital silence.

When Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde spoke to President Donald Trump and the congregation on the day after his inauguration, she ...

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, March 16, 2025, including hardcover and paperback ...

As Lent began, Catholic women frustrated over being disenfranchised by the church despite promises of greater recognition are ...

Corporations such as Facebook, Amazon and Target have eagerly followed the president's lead. But consumer boycotts show much ...

It’s funny how debauchery has often been a favorite of the judgmental crowd. But these preachers don’t hold a candle to the combustible prophet Ezekiel.

3 ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS (Knopf, $28). By Omar El Akkad. The novelist, an immigrant to the United States, reckons with the damage inflicted when those in power fail to ...

Bruce Bedder’s Feb. 8 letter to the editor calls for accepting the “Good Lord’s attempt to bring us all together” through Republican leadership. Mr. Bedder has apparently missed the recent ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

Jesus’ death on the Cross was not a limited act only for his family, the 12, other followers and some of the rest of the ...