"We have to begin with our own attitudes—not just Catholics who are prejudiced, but...my attitude towards my fellow Catholics who I may perceive as Islamophobic."

Francis has been first and foremost “a missionary pope,” who is determined to transform the church into “a missionary church.”

Lent is drawing to a close.

The women who spoke at this year’s Voices of Faith are exemplars of faith and courage.

Many of us have learned the hard way that “L.G.B.T.” is a trigger for some Catholics to become very un-Christian.

Benedict affirmed that “there is an internal continuity between the two pontificates.”