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Pope Francis

  1. religion
    Badass Pope Briefly Endorses Giving People the FingerA weird Thursday-morning tweet from the pontiff.
    By Benjamin Hart
  2. early and often
    Denied Communion at Home, Pelosi Receives It at the VaticanPope Francis’s actions were a rebuke to conservative U.S. bishops, who have attempted to ban pro-choice politicians, including Biden, from Communion.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. life after roe
    Nancy Pelosi Communion Ban Is a Challenge to Pope FrancisThe Vatican opposes the weaponization of Communion and stopped bishops from barring President Biden. Will Francis intervene on Pelosi’s behalf?
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. sunday school
    Excluding Catholics From Communion Was Once the NormU.S. bishops’ plan to discipline President Biden failed, but for centuries questions of “worthiness” kept laypeople from taking Communion.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. catholicism
    Bishops Cave on Denying Communion to Pro-Choice Politicians Like BidenAfter Pope Francis repeatedly warned conservative bishops against politically weaponizing the sacrament of the Eucharist, they took the hint.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. christianity
    Are Conservative Christians the Real ‘Secularists’ Now?In their subordination of religion to cultural and political conservatism, many believers are pursuing power more than righteousness.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. catholicism
    Pope Francis Tells Biden He Is a ‘Good Catholic’ Who Ought to Take CommunionBiden is in the middle of a battle between Pope Francis and traditionalists over “weaponization” of the Eucharist.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. catholicism
    Pope Francis Is Not a Fan of Conservative Effort to Deny Communion to Joe BidenAfter some oblique warnings, Francis is clearly telling telling conservative bishops to behave like pastors, not politicians.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. explainer
    Why Pope Francis Is Cracking Down on the Latin Mass and Angering TraditionalistsIn a break with his predecessor, Pope Francis is reimposing restrictions on the service used before the ’60s reforms — and risking a Catholic divide.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. abortion
    Bishops Try to Backpedal As Backlash to Attack on Biden GrowsAn upcoming statement aimed at denying communion to pro-choice Catholic politicians like the president is getting bad reviews in Rome and America.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. religion
    Catholic Bishops Move Toward Denying Biden CommunionConservative bishops are trying to be more Catholic than the pope on enforcing opposition to abortion. A big fight is brewing.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. religion
    Catholic Bishops Mull Communion Ban for Pro-Choice Politicians Like Joe BidenA formal ban is unlikely, but the conservative effort to nationalize decisions to deny communion on political grounds could have repercussions.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. covid-19 vaccine
    Catholic Archdiocese Bans COVID Vaccine Over Tenuous Link to AbortionThe ruling would be right at home in the Middle Ages.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. catholic church
    What Does the Pope’s Support for Civil Unions Really Mean?It’s unclear whether he’s blurring the line against same-sex marriage or drawing it more clearly.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. religion
    Why Being Catholic Isn’t Special in Politics AnymoreJoe Biden isn’t appealing to Catholic tradition in his bid to become the second Catholic president. But that’s the American way.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. interesting times
    Andrew Sullivan: Biden Knows How to Make the Moral Case Against TrumpHe is doing it the right way — with feeling and a wounded sense of patriotism.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  17. catholic church
    Archbishop Claims Pope Francis Was Complicit in Cardinal’s AbusesA controversial archbishop has alleged that Pope Francis and other Vatican officials covered up and enabled a cardinal’s sexual misconduct.
    By Chas Danner
  18. Francis’s Anti–Death Penalty Statement Raises Questions for U.S. ConservativesThe Pontiff officially puts the church at odds with Donald Trump and his party, along with some traditionalist Catholics on the Supreme Court.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. Evangelicals Have Displaced Catholics As the Anti-Abortion Movement’s BaseThe shift of white Evangelicals into the anti-abortion camp has had a lot to do with partisan polarization over abortion policy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. Did Pope Francis Abolish Hell?The Vatican is equivocating about what Francis did and didn’t say, but it’s certainly reviving some very old debates about the afterlife.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. select all
    Pope Francis Declares ‘The Lord Is an Onion’ After Vatican News Website HackIn the name of the father, the son, and the holy shallot.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  22. select all
    Pope Francis Denounces Fake NewsA frequent target of misinformation asks his followers to promote a “journalism of peace.”
    By Brian Feldman
  23. U.S. Isolated on U.N. Security Council As Allies Condemn Trump Jerusalem ActionTrump has united the world all right: against the United States.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. select all
    The Pope Looked Equally Pissed About Meeting Justin TrudeauPope Francis and the Canadian prime minster met at the Vatican on Monday.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  25. my big foreign trip
    Pope Francis Gives President Trump Some Pretty Pointed GiftsIncluding a copy of his 2015 encyclical on climate change and the environment — which Trump promised he’d read.
    By Jen Kirby
  26. select all
    Pope Francis Didn’t Look Too Thrilled About Meeting Donald TrumpDonald Trump and Pope Francis posed for one extremely uncomfortable-looking photo in the Vatican.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  27. Callista Gingrich an Odd Vatican Ambassador for an Odd PresidentHer identification with two adulterous pols whose policies are deplored in the Vatican won’t make life easy for America’s new representative.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. Team Trump Is Launching a Frontal Assault on the EPAThe new administration is wasting no time in bringing down the hammer, with plans to gut key aspects of the agency’s work.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. The Pope Compares Media’s Love of Scandal to a Feces FetishThe pontiff wants reporters to avoid “the sickness of coprophilia.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  30. international affairs
    Mother Teresa Is Now Officially a Catholic SaintThe megafamous charity worker was canonized by Pope Francis in a ceremony attended by tens of thousands at the Vatican on Sunday.
    By Chas Danner
  31. select all
    Mark Zuckerberg Gave the Pope a DroneIf that’s what you were planning to get Pope Francis for Christmas, you’re going to need a new plan.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  32. catholic church
    Pope Says Gays Deserve an Apology From ChurchHe was echoing a comment made by a German cardinal following the Orlando gay-club attack.
    By Chas Danner
  33. field trips
    Bernie Sanders Meets With Pope FrancisFor five whole minutes.
    By Chas Danner
  34. Bernie Sanders Brings His Populist Crusade to the VaticanThe world’s least-tired 74-year-old went straight from Thursday night’s debate to the pope’s stomping grounds.
    By Eric Levitz
  35. Bernie Sanders Will Bring His Campaign to the Vatican Next WeekThe democratic socialist will take time away from the New York primary to try to recruit some cardinals to the political revolution.
    By Eric Levitz
  36. Pope Calls for More Tolerance for Divorced, GaysHe also leaves open the possibility of divorced people being able to take Communion. 
    By Jen Kirby
  37. pope francis
    Car Used by Pope Francis in New York Sells for $300,000 at AuctionIt comes with 15-inch aluminum alloy wheels, an Alpine premium sound system, and a blessing from the archbishop.
    By Joe DeLessio
  38. religion
    Bernie Sanders Outs Pope As Fellow SocialistThough this may be news to Pope Francis.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  39. religion
    From Zika to Trump: The Savvy Politics of Pope FrancisHe’s a PR master, walking a fine line between established Church doctrine and the wishful thinking of his fans.
    By Lisa Miller
  40. Southern Hostility to Francis Not About ReligionOld anti-Catholic traditions have all but died in the Deep South, but conservatives aren’t likely to back the views of a left-wing Latin American.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. trump cards
    GOP Candidates Reject Trump Attack, Tell Pope They’ll Decide Who’s ChristianQuestioning another man’s faith is “disgraceful” — unless he’s running against you.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. Pope Francis Says Donald Trump Is Not a ChristianDonald responds by saying that Francis will regret his remarks when ISIS destroys the Vatican.
    By Eric Levitz
  43. select all
    Pope Francis Doesn’t Read His @-MentionsThe cool pope strikes again.
    By Brian Feldman
  44. pope police
    Vatican Police Arrest Two for Allegedly Leaking Secret Papal DocumentsHoly See PD.
    By Nathan Pemberton
  45. religion
    Let’s Be Honest: The Pope Probably Agrees With Kim Davis on Same-Sex MarriageLiberals are deluding themselves about Francis’s openness and radicalism. 
    By Lisa Miller
  46. equal rites
    Kim Davis’s Attorneys Claim She Secretly Met Pope FrancisThe Vatican has yet to confirm.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  47. pope francis
    Pope Francis Meets With Sex-Abuse Victims, Promises VigilanceSurvivor-group activists weren’t impressed.
    By Chas Danner
  48. pope francis
    How New York City Celebrated Pope Francis’s VisitScenes from the crowds near the 9/11 Memorial, Central Park, and East Harlem. 
    By Konstantin Sergeyev, Camilo Fuentealba, and Jen Kirby
  49. papal visit
    The Best Social Media Images From Pope Francis’s Procession Through Central ParkSome 80,000 people were expected.
    By Joe DeLessio
  50. the pope’s american adventure
    3rd-Graders School Pope Francis in East HarlemHe may be the holiest man on earth, but technology is not his thing. 
    By Jen Kirby
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