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Benedictine Srs. Lynn McKenzie, left, and Esther Fangman right, during McKenzie’s last visit to Fangman’s monastery in Atchison, Kansas, in her official role as president of the Congregation of St. Scholastica, in 2025. Fangman died Aug. 11. (Courtesy of Lynn McKenzie)

Remembering Sr. Esther Fangman, early advocate for victims of sex abuse in the church

A woman collects water for washing as floodwaters begin to recede in the aftermath of a 2019 cyclone near Beira, Mozambique. Many climate scientists have associated an increased number of natural disasters and their severity with climate change. (CNS/Reuters/Mike Hutchings)

World court ruling raises Catholic teaching on creation care to legal level

Displaced Palestinian children sit near their belongings during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, Aug. 26, 2025. (OSV News/Reuters/Ebrahim Hajjaj)

Hamas shares with Israel moral responsibility for plight of people in Gaza

Detail of the cover of the March 18, 2001, issue of the National Catholic Reporter (NCR file)

In 2001, NCR uncovered internal church reports alleging sexual exploitation of nuns