In the Spiritual Fight Against Climate Change, the Pope Is Not Alone
When it comes to climate change, Pope Francis and many other world religious leaders are cut from the same cloth.
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Forgive Them, Father
As Pope Francis prepares to deliver a powerful message on climate change, deniers are beginning to realize they haven’t got a prayer.
The One About the Pope’s Mother
What Pope Francis’ off-the-cuff comments about punching the murdered Charlie Hebdo cartoonists can tell us about the long history of the Catholic Church's relationship with secularism.
Was Retiring Pope Benedict a Liberal?
Pope Benedict XVI was typecast in American eyes as 'God's Rottweiler,' an unyielding champion of the Catholic Church's conservative side. But the real Benedict had more dimensions, some of them at odds with with his North American stereotype.