Interview: Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky
NCR senior correspondent John L. Allen Jr. interviewed Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, September . Read the transcript.

John L. Allen Jr. interviews of Bishop Jaime Soto and Bishop John Wester
John L. Allen Jr. interviews of Bishop Jaime Soto and Bishop John Wester at the immigration conference "Renewing Hope, Seeking Justice" which took place in Washington, D.C., July 28-31. The full texts of those interviews can be found here:

Interview: Interview with Ambassador Mary Ann Glendon
NCR senior correspondent John L. Allen Jr. interviewed U.S. ambassador to the Vatican Mary Ann Glendon April 30, 2008. Read the transcript.

Special Report: Dialogue between König and Dupuis
Following is a transcript of a dialogue between Cardinal Franz König, archbishop of Vienna, and Fr. Jacques Dupuis, the Belgian Jesuit theologian. The dialogue took place in Vienna, Austria, July 16, 2003.
The dialogue was recorded and translated by Christa Pongratz-Lippitt, the correspondent in Austria for the international Catholic weekly The Tablet.
For more about this dialouge, read Writer witnessed conversation between cardinal and censured theologian in the March 21, 2008, issue of National Catholic Reporter.

Interview with Mario Marazziti, December 17, 2007
Mario Marazziti is a leader in the Community of Sant’Egidio, one of the "new movements" in the Catholic church, and a key figure in the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty. NCR senior correspondent John L. Allen Jr. spoke with Marazziti in New York where he was waiting for the United Nations General Assembly to vote on a resolution calling for a moratorium on executions "with a view to abolishing the death penalty." The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty was instrumental in lobbying for the resolution, which the assembly did ratify Tuesday, Dec. 18 by a vote of 104 to 54, with 29 abstentions. The text of Allen’s interview follows.
Posted Dec. 20, 2007

Interview with Archbishop Piero Marini, December 15, 2007, Archbishop’s House, Westminster
NCR senior correspondent John L. Allen Jr. interviewed Archbishop Piero Marini Dec. 15. For 20 years, Marini was the pope’s chief liturgist, first for John Paul II and until October for Benedict XVI. He has just written a book A Challenging Reform: Realizing the Vision of the Liturgical Renewal (Liturgical Press). Following is the text of Allen’s interview.
Posted Dec. 19, 2007

Interview with the Rev. Harold Segura
Rev. Harold Segura was the Baptist Observer at the Fifth General Conference of the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean in Aparecida, Brazil, May 2007. He was interviewed by NCR senior correspondent John L. Allen Jr.
Read the full interview here: Interview with the Rev. Harold Segura.
Posted Dec. 7, 2007

Interview with Cardinal George, conducted October 2, 2007.
The interview was conducted by John L. Allen Jr. NCR Senior Correspondent.
Posted October 4, 2007

Dutch Dominican's Booklet: THE CHURCH AND THE MINISTRY
In late August, the Dominicans in the Netherlands distributed a 38-page booklet, “The Church and The Ministry,” that proposed parishes in need of an ordained priest choose their own person to become the Mass presider.
The parish could then present such candidates -- “women or men, homo- or heterosexual, married or single” -- to the local bishop to ask that they be ordained, according to the booklet.
If the bishop chooses not to ordain the candidate -- for example, because the person cannot meet the requirements of celibacy -- then the elected candidate and the congregation could still feel assured that when they come together to “share bread and wine in prayer,” they are still receiving a real and valid Eucharist, the Dutch Dominicans’ Web site said.

Here is an English translation of the booklet: The Church and The Ministry.
Posted Sept. 27, 2007

Interview with Dominican Fr. Albert Nolan
“More and more people, and especially young people, have given up all the certainties of the past: religious certainties, scientific certainties, cultural certainties, political certainties and historical certainties,” wrote Dominican Fr. Albert Nolan in his book Jesus Today. This has left us with a great hunger for the spiritual and the religious, he tells Tom Fox. This could be a tremendous opportunity, he continues. “We have a whole new way of understanding the universe, and therefore, understanding ourselves, who we are and how we fit in that has great potential for the future ... However, at the same time, we are going headlong into more and more selfishness and individualism.” We are caught, he says, between chaos and promise.
Nolan is the subject of the cover story in NCR July 20: Chaos and promise: Reinventing the church.
Posted July 16, 2007

Interview with Auxiliary Bishop Edgar Moreira da Cunha
On April 30, Bishop Edgar Moreira da Cunha sat down with with John L. Allen Jr. NCR Senior Correspondent in the chancery of the Newark archdiocese for an interview about Pope Benedict XVI’s upcoming trip to Brazil, in conjunction with the Fifth General Conference of the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAM).
Posted May 3, 2007

Interview with Dominque Tassot
On Aug. 22, 2006, John L. Allen Jr. NCR Senior Correspondent, interviewed Dominique Tassot, director of Centre d’Etude et de Prospectives sur la Science (“Center for Studies and Prospectives on Science” or CEP), a group of 700 European Catholic scientists and intellectuals based in France. They discussed evolution, science and intelligent design.
Posted August 25, 2006

Interview with Samuel Escobar, conducted August 14, 2006.
The interview was conducted by John L. Allen Jr. NCR Senior Correspondent.
Posted August 17, 2006

Interview with Peter Schuster, conducted August 11, 2006.
The interview was conducted by John L. Allen Jr. NCR Senior Correspondent.
Posted August 17, 2006

Interview with Cardinal George Pell of Sydney, Australia. Pell set down with NCR to discuss his views on Islam, as well for a brief review of translation matters.
The interview was conducted by John L. Allen Jr. NCR Rome Correspondent.
Posted June 1, 2006

Interview with Bishop Donald Wuerl of Pittsburg, Pa., who was in Rome for the Bishops Synod on the Eucharist, Oct. 2 to 23, 2005.
The interview was conducted Oct. 24, 2005, by John L. Allen Jr. NCR Rome Correspondent.
Posted May 17, 2006

Interview with Auxiliary Bishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney, Australia
Auxiliary Bishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney, Australia, was in Rome this week for meetings with the Pontifical Council for the Laity, the Vatican office in charge of World Youth Day. He sat down with NCR Rome correspondent John L. Allen Jr. for an interview.
Posted March 9, 2006

Bishop Gumbleton's statement to the Ohio House Judiciary Committee
Speaking to members of the Ohio House Judiciary Committee Jan. 11, 2006, Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit endorsed legislation in Ohio that would open a one-year window for victims sexual abuse to file lawsuits even if the abuse took place decades ago. In a statement to the committee, Gumbleton reveals that as a teenager 60 years ago he was "inappropriately touched" by a priest.
Posted Jan. 17, 2006

Vatican instruction on gays in the seminary
Please be aware that the file, in PDF format, is quite large and will take time to download.
Posted Dec. 13, 2005

Instrumentum Laboris for the Apostolic Visitation of the Seminaries and Houses of Priestly Formation in the United States of America. Instrumentum Laboris
Posted Sept. 16, 2005

English translations of a declaration and notes released by the Holy See Press Office July 28 in response to comments by Mr. Barkan, an official of the Foreign Ministry of Israel, released to the Jerusalem Post on July 26. Declaration and notes.
Posted July 29, 2005

Interview with Professor Nicola Cabibbo
Posted July 21, 2005

First Message of Pope Benedict XVI (April 20) and his first "Urbi et Orbi" blessing (April 19)
Posted April 22, 2005

Text of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's homily at conclave's opening Mass (April 18)
Posted April 22, 2005

The homily by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger at the funeral Mass for pope John Paul II (April 8)
Posted April 22, 2005

Way of the Cross meditations by Cardinal Joseph Ratizinger, Good Friday (March 25) 2005
Posted April 22, 2005

Mahony, in legal battle, insists church has right to secrecy An interview with Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles
Posted March 15, 2005

The pope is a man with a divided heart An interview with Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns of São Paulo, Brazil
Posted March 3, 2005

Statement on Fr. Roger Haight from the Board of Directors of the Catholic Theological Society of America. A PDF copy of the statement | Link to the Catholic Theological Society of America Web site.
Posted Feb. 22, 2005

Notification about the book Jesus Symbol of God by Fr. Roger Haight, S.J. Published by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in L'Osservatore Romano, Feb. 7-8, 2005
Posted Feb. 22, 2005

Interview with Ambassador James Nicholson
Posted Jan. 13, 2005

The Bishop of the Gangs: An interview with Rómulo Emiliani
Posted Nov. 24, 2004

A pope who plays the saxophone? An interview with Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez
Posted Nov. 24, 2004

This is a link to the full English transcript of Osama bin Ladin's speech in a videotape sent to Aljazeera, uncut and uncensored.
The statements, opinions and points of view expressed in this article are those of the author and shall not be deemed to mean that they are necessarily those of National Catholic Reporter, the publisher, editor, writers, contributors or staff.
Posted Nov. 23, 2004

Statement of the Indian Theologiacal Asociation: Women's Concerns and Indian Theological Responses
Posted Oct. 12, 2004

Interview with Msgr. Joseph Obunga, Secretary General, Uganda Episcopal Conference
Posted Sept. 17, 2004

Interview with Archbishop Ndingi Mwana a’Nzeki
Posted Sept. 17, 2004

The Asian Family Toward A Culture Of Integral Life: Final Statement of the 8th Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences, 17-23 August 2004
Posted Sept. 13, 2004

Message of the 8th Plenary Assembly of the FABC, to the People of God in Asia and People of Good Will
Posted Sept. 13, 2004

Interview with the Rev. John Lapidus
Posted Sept. 3, 2004

Interview with Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz
Posted Sept. 3, 2004

Vatican Document: Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Collaboration of Men and Women in the Church and in the World.
Posted Aug. 6, 2004

Daejeon Forum on FABC: Lay Participation in New Way of Being Church in a Globalising World
Posted Aug. 2, 2004

Letter from Martin J. Gillespie, director of Catholic Outreach at the Republican National Committee (RNC), urging Bush-supporting Catholics to provide parish directories and membership lists to the GOP.
Posted July 26, 2004

Conversation with Sant'Egidio founder Andrea Riccardi
Posted July 23, 2004

Catholic Common Ground Lecture by John L. Allen Jr.
Posted June 29, 2004

Interview with Cardinal Francis George
Posted May 26, 2004

Letter from Catholic members of Congress to Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington
Posted May 25, 2004

Interview with Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald
Posted May 14, 2004

Interview with Cardinal Roger Mahony
Posted May 13, 2004

Letters about the National Review Board exchanged among bishops and between bishops and Judge Anne Burke, the board's interim chairperson
Posted May 11, 2004

Interview with Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk
Posted May 11, 2004

Interview with Cardinal Theodore McCarrick
Posted April 28, 2004

Interview with Sr. Enrica Rosanna
Posted April 26, 2004

Homily for the Mass of Christian Burial for Bishop Ken Untener
Posted April 3, 2004

Cardinal George Pell of Sydney, Australia, speaks to NCR about the work of the Vox Clara committee.
Posted March 16, 2004

An appreciation of Denis Hurley, archbishop emeritus of Durban, South Africa
Posted February 20, 2004

John L. Allen Jr. Interview with Cardinal Attilio Nicora on the 75th anniversary of the Lateran Pacts
Posted February 6, 2004

John L. Allen Jr. Interview with Jesuit Fr. Robert Taft of the Pontifical Oriental Institute
Posted February 6, 2004

John L. Allen Jr. Interview with Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo
Posted January 15, 2004

Open letter from 23 Chicago clerics to the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church regarding the pastoral care of gay and lesbian persons
Posted January 5, 2004

John L. Allen Jr. interview with Anglican ecumenist Mary Tanner
Posted December 18, 2003

John L. Allen Jr. interview with David Schindler
Posted November 26, 2003

John L. Allen Jr. interview with Cardinal José Saraiva Martins
Posted November 6, 2003

John L. Allen Jr. interview with Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe
Posted November 6, 2003

Tom Roberts, NCR editor, address to a gathering of the Voice of the Faithful at Fordham University on Oct. 25.
Posted October 31, 2003

Fr. Frank Cordaro's resignation letter.
Posted August 13, 2003

Transcript of interview of Rep. Nancy Pelosi by Joe Feuerherd
Following last November’s election, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was elected Minority Leader of the House of Representatives by her Democratic colleagues. She is the first woman to lead a party in either the House or Senate. In a wide-ranging interview with NCR Washington correspondent Joe Feuerherd, Pelosi explained where she hopes to lead House Democrats, her position on war with Iraq, and what it means to be a high-profile Catholic in public office. Excerpts of that 40-minute conversation follow.
Posted January 22, 2003
 

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