His campaign appearance in Washington seems to have backfired on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but when all else fails and you 39 re slipping in the polls who ya gonna call That 39 s right Chuck Norris In what may prove the oddest of political bedfellowing Walker Texas Ranger and D

Migration and drug trafficking the reform of the Curia the challenges of the Synod for the Family and the need to make the Church a safe home for all children and vulnerable adults In a wide-ranging interview nbsp with Valentina Alazraki from the Mexican broadcaster Televisa Pope Francis marked

Can the Roman Catholic Church change And if so how And what rsquo s on the table mdash traditions rites doctrine none of the above Such nbsp fundamental questions go to the heart of Catholic identity and they rsquo re the same questions Pope Francis has raised almost since the moment he was e

The forces arrayed against the education of the girl-child are legion and formidable.

The event features remarks from Antonio Spandaro, S.J., editor of La Civiltà Cattolica.

It is now two years since Jorge Cardinal Bergoglio emerged upon the balcony of St Peter rsquo s Basilica and appeared before the world as Pope Francis and entered into the affections of us all Much has happened since then and yet it just seems as if it all happened yesterday the silent figure in