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It has not even been six months since the American missionary priest and bishop, Robert Prevost, appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica and was introduced to the world as Pope Leo XIV....
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Making room for the reasons of the heart....
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On this date, Aug. 6, 1978, St. Pope Paul VI died. Media coverage was uncharitable in its estimation of his tenure, but as time passes it has become clear that he was the great pope of the 20th century....
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As a Pope who took the name Francis, it shouldn’t have been surprising that his first* and seminal encyclical, Laudato Si’, focused on the environment....
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Embracing diversity and popular piety....
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Ever since the installation of Angelo Roncalli as Pope John XXIII in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, followed by pope as caretaker....
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To me, Pope Francis encountered deep suffering in God's people across the world. He wept—and like Jesus—was drawn toward them without hesitation....
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Three theologians—Massimo Faggioli, Susan Bigelow Reynolds, and Terence Sweeney—reflect with Commonweal editors on the pope’s legacy....
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Pope Francis’s mode of evangelisation was altogether personal....
It has not even been six months since the American missionary priest and bishop, Robert Prevost, appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica and was introduced to the world as Pope Leo XIV....
Making room for the reasons of the heart....
On this date, Aug. 6, 1978, St. Pope Paul VI died. Media coverage was uncharitable in its estimation of his tenure, but as time passes it has become clear that he was the great pope of the 20th century....
As a Pope who took the name Francis, it shouldn’t have been surprising that his first* and seminal encyclical, Laudato Si’, focused on the environment....
Embracing diversity and popular piety....
Ever since the installation of Angelo Roncalli as Pope John XXIII in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, followed by pope as caretaker....
To me, Pope Francis encountered deep suffering in God's people across the world. He wept—and like Jesus—was drawn toward them without hesitation....
Three theologians—Massimo Faggioli, Susan Bigelow Reynolds, and Terence Sweeney—reflect with Commonweal editors on the pope’s legacy....
Pope Francis’s mode of evangelisation was altogether personal....