When scandal looms, who are you going to call—Olivia Pope or Pope Francis? “Thank God it’s Thursday!” my television announces, and I find myself entranced by...
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The Papacy in the Modern World: A Political History By Frank J. Coppa (University of Chicago, 2014) Once cautioned against repressing Catholics under his rule...
Pope Francis entered the papal conclave wearing the scarlet red of a cardinal and emerged in gleaming white. From where did this tradition arise? The old...
U.S. Catholic subscribers are big fans of Pope Francis, but some Catholics not so much. As Pope Francis finishes up his second year leading 1.2 billion...
2014 was, in many ways, a depressing year. From the rise of ISIS to the spread of Ebola, stories of violence, tragedy, and fear dominated headlines. In the U.S...
It’s now been almost a year since Pope Francis issued his apostolic exhortation “The Joy of the Gospel.” Much has been written about this...
By Pope Francis (Loyola, 2014) At the time of Pope Francis’ election, few of the former Archbishop of Buenos Aires’ written works were easily...
Whether by intention or not, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s choice of a papal name has meaning not only for Catholics. St. Francis of Assisi is a widely...
While absent Catholics have not yet stampeded back to Mass, Pope Francis has rekindled interest in the church almost solely on the basis of his immensely...
For nearly 2,000 years, the chair of Peter has been occupied by a motley crew of saints and sinners. In the course of teaching church history in a seminary, I...
