A Reflection for Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent, by Kieran Maelia

I’ve often said that as a Catholic feminist covering the Vatican, I cannot wait until it is no longer newsworthy when women take on greater leadership roles in the church, but it is de rigeur.

A Reflection for the Saturday of the Third Week of Lent, by Kevin Clarke

Pope Francis presided Friday over a special prayer for Ukraine that harked back to a century-old apocalyptic Fatima prophecy about peace and Russia.

The portrait of Pope Francis that emerges from conversations with his friends is that of a man as resolutely down-to-earth and dependably Argentinian as his immigrant neighborhood.

This week on “Jesuitical,” we ask author Greg Hillis why some question Thomas Merton’s Catholicity, what we should make of the monk’s brief affair with a nurse—and why his writing is still relevant today.