Ross Douthat: The death of Pope Francis ends, or at least temporarily suspends, a tumultuous period in the life of the ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was first elected as the 266th pope on March 13, 2013, becoming the first Latin American pope.

Fadness said Pope Francis, while controversial at times, was a bridge builder, noting the significance of the pope’s final ...

With basic human empathy on the decline and global fascism on the rise, turn to the example of the late Bishop of Rome.

Pope Francis died Monday; here are the front runners for the Vatican leadership, and what they've said about Jews, Israel and ...

Though undoubtedly a genuine man of God with an inspiring love of the marginalised, Francis was the Great Disrupter, in many ways the Catholic Church’s version of Donald Trump. Both men would hate the ...

Many of us are dishonest about our religious attendance. Some of us consider being “involved” as paying dues. We claim to ...

Pope Francis died on Monday April 21, 2025. This story was originally published in the Washington Examiner magazine on ...

He entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus (or the Jesuits), a Roman Catholic ... He eventually taught dogma and fundamental theology, and became a professor of dogmatic theology and of ...

The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just ...