Pope Francis

The Pope and the President

In the news coverage this summer, some interesting—and surprising—similarities between Trump and Francis have emerged. Continue Reading »

4 Sep 2017

In Defense of Converts

by Stephen Bullivant

I have a many faults as a Catholic, but having become one is surely one of the few points in my favor. Continue Reading »

28 Jul 2017

Spadaro Contra Franciscum

by P. J. Smith

Fr. Antonio Spadaro’s and Rev. Marcelo Figueroa’s critique of American Christianity is clichéd and uninformed. Continue Reading »

19 Jul 2017

The Good Soldier

by Marco Tosatti

Cardinal Müller experienced life under Francis as a sort of Calvary, but was a good soldier to the end. Continue Reading »

7 Jul 2017

The Pope's Power

by Marco Tosatti

Reforming the Curia has proven difficult. Instead, Pope Francis simply goes around it. Continue Reading »

29 Jun 2017

Waiting for Vatican Reform

by Marco Tosatti

Four years into Francis's pontificate, promised reform efforts remain unimpressive.
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7 Jun 2017

Pope Francis’s thought involves a series of dichotomies: North-South, imperial-populist, ideological-historical, abstract-concrete, and so on. Rourke shows in detail the intellectual formation that gave rise to this eccentric version of the social magisterium. Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2017

Thanks for Everything, Pope Francis

by James Zacchaeus

When my wife, Elizabeth, and I were married a quarter century or so ago, she was a practicing Christian in a mainline Protestant denomination, and her pastor married us. (N.B.: Neither of our true names, nor anyone else’s, appears in this piece.) I was decidedly non-practicing, a self-described . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2017

Interreligious Dialogue with Edge and Purpose

by George Weigel

What Benedict outlined in 2006 remains true eleven years later: In order to live in peace with “the rest,” Islam must find within its own religious and intellectual resources a way to affirm religious tolerance. Continue Reading »

31 May 2017