The hosts of “Jesuitical,” Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis, discuss Pope Francis’ advice to bishops deciding whether or not to deny Communion to politicians who support abortion.

“Even in the College of Cardinals, there are some negationists,” Francis said Wednesday, en route home from Slovakia.

Why, and how, do high-profile figures in the Church of England make the swim across the Tiber?

It was a significant revelation from Pope Francis, coming at a time when a group of bishops in the United States are pushing to deny Communion to pro-choice politicians, including President Joe Biden.

Pope Francis weighed in on the debate about whether politicians should be denied Communion because of their stance on abortion.

Women in Roma settlements across Slovakia are gaining agency and bringing about a better future for the next generation.

Rebuilding our world to embrace femaleness, our way of being, as the model of perfection for women would be just and right, writes Gloria Purvis. Abortion thwarts this renewal.

A complete rebuild and expansion of the living quarters for the Swiss Guard will not only improve life for guards and their families, it will also allow for the future possibility of recruiting women.

To outsiders, the situation can appear completely beyond repair, but that is not the reality Sister Marilyn has come to know in Jacmel. “People need to hear that Haitians are survivors,” she said. “They are people of hope.”

In his meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Pope Francis is not as likely to celebrate the Hungary-first tendencies of Mr. Orban and his ruling Fidesz Party.