Many readers agreed with the editors that “Fiducia Supplicans” allows the church to accompany all people who seek God's blessing, but others were skeptical about the declaration’s efficacy and impact on church unity.

He said he told the pope, “I could spend all day here talking to you,” and Francis replied, “So could I!”

Gerry and Ricardo analyze the pope’s meeting with his council of cardinal advisors, to which a female Anglican bishop was invited to speak about women’s ordination.

A book on sexuality by the Vatican’s doctrinal chief may have raised eyebrows, but Pope Francis has long been calling for the church to offer more robust teaching on sex.

In continuing his catechesis on vices and virtues, Pope Francis warns against the effects of acedia, or sloth, which is a “lack of care” for one’s own life.

Pope Francis and Argentina’s President Javier Milei—who last year called the pope an “imbecile” and “representative of evil” while on the campaign trail—had “a very good and very friendly” hour-long conversation.