This is the first time in the five years of this pontificate, writes Andrea Gagliarducci, that in a possible future conclave the number of cardinals created […]
Pope Francis’ decision to create the new memorial of Mary, Mater Ecclesiae on Pentecost Monday is a fulfillment of Blessed Paul VI’s devotion to Mary […]
The Holy Father often says the right things: he grabs the headlines and starts out well enough, but he does not follow through. […]
The only real power the Holy See can deploy in 21st-century world politics is the power of moral witness and argument. […]
The basic dynamic of this pontificate is quite clear, and it leaves far too much unclear. […]
The Islamic republic’s population is 99 percent Muslim, and its recognized religious minorities are strictly controlled. […]
When we live in the space beyond good and evil, and when morality is construed as entirely the invention of personal freedom—then the will of […]
The New York Times columnist and author of To Change the Church discusses his new book on the Pope, and what he hopes his liberal and secular […]
Pope Francis should be more careful, for he tends to overstate matters and to attack weak sisters even when he does not set up straw […]
Catholics frustrated with Pope Francis’ style and record of leadership ought not allow partial accounts to poison them against the Holy Father. […]
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