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June 2, 2023
Liza Featherstone
The Vatican Is Way Ahead of the Democratic Party on Climate Change
Pope Francis’s recent draft text demands climate reparations and an immediate end to fossil fuel exploration. Why can’t the Biden administration do the same?
June 25, 2019
Andre Pagliarini
Can Married Priests Help Save the Amazon?
Pope Francis's latest amendment to Catholic doctrine connects to other policies he's promoted in the past.
October 8, 2018
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Kaya Oakes
The Conservative Resistance Inside the Vatican
Some Catholic leaders are using the sex abuse crisis to unseat Pope Francis.
August 28, 2018
Michael J. O'Loughlin
Papal Wrongdoing, or Palace Intrigue?
A former diplomat's letter alleges that Pope Francis tried to rehabilitate a cardinal who abused seminarians. But did the writer have an ulterior motive?
December 5, 2017
Emily Atkin
Breitbart can’t decide if air pollution is bad.
May 24, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump didn’t let Sean Spicer meet the Pope out of sheer meanness.
May 22, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump’s Muslim Tolerance Extends Only to Autocrats
He heaped praise on one of the most repressive regimes in the world and dismissed the democratic aspirations of the Muslim masses.
October 14, 2014
Rebecca Leber
Was the Vatican Shift on Same-Sex Marriage Really An 'Earthquake'?
August 18, 2013
Damon Linker
Pope Francis Versus the Vatican
The battle to remake the Church
March 14, 2013
Sam Ferguson
When Pope Francis Testified About the Dirty War
In a closed hearing, he disputed accusations of complicity with the junta
March 14, 2013
Michael Sean Winters
Pope With a Purpose
Helping the poor has been his life mission. But can he reform the Church?
March 13, 2013
Michael Sean Winters
White Smoke Is Good News for Cardinal Scola
A short conclave increases the odds the archbishop of Milan will be pope
March 26, 2010
E.J. Dionne Jr.
Pope, Repent!
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