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Adviser to Pope Francis calls resignation rumors ‘cheap soap opera’
by Claire Giangravé
Women in Argentina claim labor exploitation by Opus Dei
by Débora Rey
In Rome and at the Vatican, Biden receives warm welcome
Pope acknowledges right-wing critics
by Nicole Winfield
Vatican won’t say if women can vote in 2023 church meeting
Vatican trial opens into financial scandal
Canadian official: pope should apologize to First Nations
by Rob Gillies
On historic Iraqi trip, Pope Francis courts criticism, inspires hope
Plot thickens over origins of pope’s civil union endorsement
Wilton Gregory to become first Black American cardinal in Catholic Church
by Elana Schor
In new encyclical, Francis decries capitalism, war
Is Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle really “the Asian Francis”?
The media portrays him as a progressive. It’s not that simple.
by Philip Jenkins
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?
by Curtis W. Freeman
Major stories in American Christianity of the 2010s
How faith has been shaped by Obergefell, the Charleston murders, Me Too, and more
Luis Antonio Tagle appointed to head of Vatican evangelization office
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?
by Jon Sweeney