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January 15, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
What Does Mercy Mean to Pope Francis?
In a new book, the Pope sits down with a Vatican reporter to discuss mercy, sin, and love in the twenty-first century.
December 29, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
ACLU files a lawsuit against a Catholic hospital for refusing to perform a tubal ligation.
December 28, 2015
Joseph P. Laycock
Why Are Exorcisms as Popular as Ever?
November 6, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
What Paul Ryan Could Learn From Pope Francis About Family Leave
The pontiff points to a model in which multiple institutions pitch in
September 29, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Pope Francis's Pessimism Is Good for the Planet
His Catholic critics complain about his apocalyptic rhetoric, but the pontiff is simply speaking the truth: We're in trouble.
September 23, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Pope Francis Is a Politician. He Has No Other Choice.
September 22, 2015
The New Republic Staff
Popes in America: 50 Years of Papal Visits
August 19, 2015
Emma Foehringer Merchant
The Islamic Climate Change Declaration Could Be More Effective Than Pope Francis's Encyclical
July 29, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Pope Francis Against the World
The backlash from liberals and conservatives alike is good for his mission
July 17, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Feminists Should Not Give Up on Pope Francis
He's no Amy Schumer, but that's okay.
June 22, 2015
William Giraldi
Confessions of a Catholic Novelist
When water, bread, and blood aren’t just water, bread, and blood
June 12, 2015
David Cloutier
The Catholic Church Is Not an Enemy of Science
March 6, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Catholic Church Opposes the Death Penalty. Why Don't White Catholics?
September 4, 2014
Hilary Levey Friedman
Catholic Schools Are Brazenly Firing Pregnant Lesbian Teachers
And they're using morality as a defense
March 8, 2014
Saul Friedlander
How a Pope Helped Mussolini Rise to Power
And tried to stop him before it was too late
January 7, 2014
Jerry A. Coyne
Ross Douthat is Wrong About Me (and God)
August 26, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
The Worst Imaginable Case FOR Gay Marriage
June 12, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
Gays Storming Vatican!
February 13, 2013
Philip Jenkins
Euro Skepticism
Why Benedict XVI tried, and failed, to evangelize Europe
April 9, 2008
Michael Sean Winters
Family Values
What the pope can teach Democrats about immigration