Pope Francis

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Not on the Same Page?

Francis’s post-synodal exhortation ‘Querida Amazonia’ is unique in more ways than one. It throws his one major structural reform into considerable turmoil.

By Massimo Faggioli

February 14, 2020

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Conversion First

A new book on Francis by noted papal biographer Austen Ivereigh promised to be more critical. And yet in important ways, it again lets Francis off the hook.

February 6, 2020

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The Importance of Papal Diplomacy

The Holy See seems to be one of the few global actors that remembers the dark lessons of the last century’s nationalist catastrophes.

February 4, 2020

Secularism and Modernity

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Leaving the Fortress

If the hierarchy wants to reclaim some moral authority, shaping a better Catholic narrative in public life is necessary. Pace Charles Chaput, it must be inclusive.

February 3, 2020

Secularism and Modernity

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For the Love of the Word

Pope Francis’s theological initiatives, like the “Sunday of the Word of God,” are just as important as his political statements.

January 28, 2020

Does capitalism make us bad Christians? Eugene McCarraher thinks so. His new book, The Enchantments of Mammon, explains how money came to replace God in the modern era, seducing us with false promises of profit maximization.

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American Paganism

The debate is not whether modern paganism is real, but where it lives, how it appears, and what it does. In contemporary politics, it's cruelty and violence.

By David Albertson

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