Pope Francis
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Writing to two popes for a vocation denied
Four letters to Pope Francis went unanswered. A single appeal to Pope Leo XIV finally brought a reply, along with healing and a way back.
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The rise and rise of Conversations in the Spirit
Who attends, who sets the agenda, who writes the report and who acts on it. These questions test whether co-responsibility exists.
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The bishop isn’t the hall’s most important person
The Church pours energy into leadership. Its future may rest with quieter people whose influence is real but hard to measure.
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A recalibration in Catholic moral teaching
Justice, equality and religious freedom outrank sexual ethics, Pope Leo told reporters in April, quietly reshaping Catholic moral priorities.
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The synod that forgot what it heard
When a process omits its own findings, listening begins to look like selective hearing, and discernment begins to look manufactured.
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Eucharist is a verb before it’s a noun
Celebration, not just consecration, sits at the center of this theologian’s rethinking of what happens at Mass. A priest’s authority to act “in the person of Christ” is inseparable from acting in the person of the whole Church.
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The Prevost smile
Pope Leo’s fidgeting hands, darting eyes, and a love of fast driving reveal an inner intensity beneath the pope’s tranquil surface.
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The hard part — implementing Synodality
Approving a document was the easy. What happens next depends on whether laity, bishops and priests actually change how decisions get made.
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Craving certainty in an uncertain world
Pope Francis’s insistence that the Church belongs to everyone challenges legalistic approaches that quietly draw lines and exceptions.
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The Smartphone has remade the papacy
Technology is transforming the papacy from a distant office into the Vatican in my top pocket.
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