“I saw someone who was caring for someone, not worrying about if we are gay, straight, brown, white.”
Pope Francis
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis has made 14 new cardinals. Here’s what you need to know.
Pope Francis is trying to ensure that those who elect his successor are humble men committed to “a church of the poor and for the poor.”
Posted inFaith, News
LGBT community cheers Pope Francis’ ‘God made you like this’ remark
The Vatican declined to confirm or deny the remarks in keeping with its policy not to comment on the pope’s private conversations.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis announces that he will create 14 new cardinals in June
Eleven of the new cardinals are under the age of 80 and so have the right to vote in the next conclave.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis will canonize Oscar Romero and Paul VI in Rome in October
Both men were close to each other in life, and both are much revered by Pope Francis.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
In private letter, Pope Francis told Chilean bishops their church’s “sin became the center of attention”
In the 10-page text, Francis presented a searing diagnosis of what had transformed this once prophetic and esteemed church in Latin America to one of the least respected.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Ross Douthat is worried about Pope Francis’ leadership. Should we be, too?
Ross Douthat on the future of the Catholic Church
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
What is Pope Francis’ effect on health care?
Pope Francis advocates for the consistent ethic of life in a throwaway culture. Like Cardinal Bernardin many years ago, he defends the sanctity of life at every stage and in every situation.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis concludes three-day summit with Chilean bishops
“History is being made. We are at a particular moment for the universal church, not only for Chile,” one monsignor said.
Posted inFaith, Features
From Benedict to Francis: The former Vatican spokesperson looks back
Insights on the papacies of Benedict XVI and Francis from Father Federico Lombardi, S.J., a close colleague of both.