The Election of Pope Francis
A top Vatican journalist provides an inside look at the process that began with Pope Benedict...
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Pope Francis: The Courage To Be Happy and Rejoice and be Glad
Orbis Books Spotlight What do the pope’s messages to young people and his call to holiness have in...
Read MorePOPE FRANCIS: Care for Creation
A Call for Ecological Conversion Last year Pope Francis issued his historic encyclical Laudato Si’, expanding the scope of Catholic social teaching to include the field of ecology. While much attention was focused on whether the...
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Francis Is Remembered as the Pope of the Poor
The late pontiff put the poor ‘at the center’ of his papacy, says the prefect for the Dicastery of the Service of Charity.
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Leo XIV Becomes the First American Pope
Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native and longtime missioner in Peru, is elected on the second day of the conclave, becoming the first American pope.
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