“Rapito” is a compelling and often infuriating tale of church power that will likely never be shown at the Vatican.

Timely Lessons in the Eternal City

Pope Francis calls for an end to the Israel-Hamas war. Israel has continued a constant bombing of Gaza since the conflict started on Oct. 7 in retaliation for the attack by Hamas in southern Israel.

If it would not cause scandal or confusion among other Catholics, “a transsexual—even one who has undergone hormone treatment and gender reassignment surgery—may receive baptism under the same conditions as other faithful.”

The Synod on Synodality looks toward the church’s great religious institutes for what synodality within the universal church may look like. But are those the right models?

Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda, a key adviser to Pope Francis, denied that he had been tasked with drafting revisions to the rules governing the preparations for electing a new pope.