Pope Francis
Pope Francis Addresses Immigration Issues During World Youth Day in Panama (in Photos)
The Catholic Church's youth rally has drawn 200,000 pilgrims from around the world to Panama City.
Viewfinder: Pope Francis Speaks in the Vatican
Pope Francis speaks from the window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on January 13th, 2019.
Argentina's Lower House Votes to Legalize Early Term Abortion
If the historic bill passes the senate, Argentina's president has promised to sign it into law.
Pope Francis Takes on Wall Street
In a new essay, the pope calls for intensified regulation of the "sophisticated technologies" of financial markets.
Did Pope Francis Just Compare Abortion to Trump's Immigration Policy?
The pontiff calls out Trump—and the American public—on an instance of what he deems unchristian ethical inconsistency.
Viewfinder: Pope Francis Visits Colombia
Pope Francis celebrates an open air mass at Contecar—Cartagena's maritime terminal—during the last day of his visit to Colombia on September 10th, 2017.
Viewfinder: A Blessing at the Vatican
Pope Francis blesses the crowd attending the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on July 23rd, 2017.
Growing Concern Over Climate Change Is Creating Interfaith Dialogue
Two years after Pope Francis launched Laudato Si, the Vatican's plea to save the Earth, Trump rejected its tenets and the Paris Agreement. But people of all faiths are unified globally to beat climate change.
Deliver Us From Evil: The Business of Exorcism
Exorcism and entertainment: How the distortion of a Catholic rite became a cottage industry
What, If Anything, Do Catholics Have in Common?
Are they just part of another imagined community?
Chicago’s Catholic Churches See the Light—and Cut Their Carbon Emissions
The Archdiocese of Chicago is acting on the pope’s environmental message.
The Vatican and the GOP: What Republican Casuistry Says About Pope Francis
Compassion has often counted as a "maverick" quality in the Holy See. Now Republicans are calling it political.
A Social Scientist, a Climate Change Physicist, and Pope Francis Walk Into a Bar...
Combatting climate change means bringing together experts from a lot of different fields.
Catholic Universities Leave the Poor Behind
Many Catholic colleges leave low-income students with big debts. And wealthy Catholic schools that provide generous support don’t enroll many poor students.
Pope Francis Should Not Be Canonizing Junipero Serra
The pillager of California's natives has enough memorials already—and his sainthood has no place in the contemporary Catholic Church.
The Case for Passports for the World's Refugees
There is past precedent for the production of passports for refugees by an international body, and now is the time to use it.
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.
The Poetry and Politics of Pope Francis’ Climate Encyclical
The pontiff’s style is as radical as his message.
Can Pope Francis Help the Climate Change Cause?
Pope Francis' new climate change document could be a major boon to environmentalists.
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.
New, Chill Pope Still Hasn't Convinced You to Go to Mass
The "Pope Francis Effect" hasn't caught on in the U.S., according to a Pew study.
The Pontiff of No Return: Pope Francis and the Catholic Church
The most important thing about Pope Francis: He’s blowing up the Catholic Church’s bridge back to medieval pomp, purity, and authority.