pope francis
Is Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle really “the Asian Francis”?
The media portrays him as a progressive. It’s not that simple.
Pope Francis’s vision of a wounded church converted by mercy
How can the church become less of a citadel and more of a field hospital?
Major stories in American Christianity of the 2010s
How faith has been shaped by Obergefell, the Charleston murders, Me Too, and more
Stumbling toward peace in Colombia
Churches continue to work at the grassroots to see the peace deal implemented.
Pope Francis the populist intellectual
The pope doesn't always show off his theological talents. Does that matter?
Blaise Pascal, blessed doubter
Pascal knew both the inconstancy of the human heart and the promise that we were made for glory.
Mercy for the earth, mercy for ourselves
Pope Francis calls us to internalize the planet's pain.
Remembering the Reformation—with the pope
"A commemoration, not a celebration." What does this mean?
True witness, absurd violence
Pope Francis’s response to the killing of a French priest puzzled some. But it pointed to the true nature of Christian witness.
What future is there for women religious in the West?
Is there a future for religious women in North America and Western Europe? Even heavily Catholic regions like Ireland and Quebec have populations of Catholic sisters who are overwhelmingly elderly.