Jana Bennett and I was interviewed about Pope Francis.  The views expressed are our opinions alone.  Enjoy; and comments are...

Today is the feast of St. Louise de Marillac, patron saint of Christian social workers.  I want to celebrate both St. Louise and social workers with this post. Many lessons could no doubt be drawn from the life of St. Louise,...

Pope Francis’ first homily was said off-the-cuff, in Italian and featured three simple points: walk in the light of Christ, build up the church, confess. The line that has seemed to be most quoted has been this one: When...

In the days leading up to the papal conclave which just concluded, I became a bit dismayed by the intense, wall to wall media coverage of the event because of two of the forces driving this coverage. The first is our celebrity-...

The Roman Catholic church has its first non-European pope: Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, now to be known as Pope Francis I. He was elected the 266th successor to St. Peter and leader of the world’s 1.2...

Some writers whom I respect greatly have taken the occasion of the papal conclave to express a deep sense of frustration about the direction of the Church. My colleague Julie Hanlon Rubio has a very nice engagement with Paul...