Pope Francis

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From 2015: For those listening carefully in the House chamber, Pope Francis will have presented some quandaries that they are more ready to ignore than to engage.

Pope Francis’ latest apostolic letter, ‘Desiderio desideravi,’ reflects his understanding of Vatican II and its legacy.

Yes, we should be concerned about the all-male ‘Fratelli tutti.’ But we need a more expansive, charitable view of Francis’s deliberate word choices.

From 2020: Pope Francis addresses the English-speaking world as the coronavirus pandemic now reaches the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

From 2016: Francis offers a practical approach to the challenges of married love that gives us a surprisingly moving exhortation to a courageous way of life.

Can Catholic health care find a viable middle way between strident voices on both the Right and Left?

From 2019: The imaginary encounter between Ratzinger and Bergoglio is imaginative, and emotionally satisfying. But we need to remember that it never happened.

Pope Francis’s motu proprio, ‘Traditionis custodes,’ stirred controversy in the Church. Commonweal writers help unpack its motives and potential consequences.