<p>Two time periods, each filled with energy and challenge, stand out for me over the course of NCR's 58-year history.</p> <p>The first was immediately following the Second Vatican Council, an era recalled by founding editor Bob Hoyt as ideal for the launch of the nation's first independent source of news about the Catholic church.</p>
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