Vatican

Father Bryan Massingale: As Black Catholics, we rejoice because we are now visible as never before. We are seen. We matter.

Students and faculty at Rome’s Pontifical North American College are under quarantine after several students tested positive for COVID-19.

The primacy of the church at the peripheries has been a key theme in Francis’ selection of cardinals. He has used the cardinalate to reach communities in countries that are experiencing poverty, conflict and political tension.

What does a leader do with an unexpected second act?

It was with his colleagues in disarmament dialogues that he found the signature issue of his last years in diplomatic service, nuclear weapons abolition.