Pope Francis

The final audience stands with Pope Francis and members of the Indigenous delegation where the Pontiff delivered an apology for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada's residential school system, at the Vatican, April 1, 2022. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Vatican Media)

Pope Francis apologizes for residential school abuses

Politics Insider for April 1: First Nations delegates make progress at the Vatican; Trudeau pushes for a G19; and a Wildrose battle

Thomas Tobin can’t hide behind the Bible on LGTBQ issues

Michael Coren: ‘I would never argue that the Bible blasts support for LGBTQ people, but equally, when we read this collection of books with knowledge and without malice, I believe that it doesn’t condemn it either’

The Pope is visiting the United Arab Emirates. That’s a big deal.

Opinion: The papal visit challenges the contention that there is an unbridgeable gap between Islam and Christianity

The Pope’s new prayer app is robotic, artificial and irreligious

Michael Coren: For most people of faith, prayer is a dialogue with God. A new prayer app from the Pope is almost reminiscent of the selling of indulgences.

Pope Francis’s newest crass opinions about gay priests

Michael Coren: How ironic that the most homophobic organization in the world should be the greatest employer of gay men

Pope Francis has condemned capital punishment. But can his legacy endure?

Opinion: Pope Francis has deemed capital punishment unacceptable in all circumstances—a bold and likely definitive mark on the Roman Catholic Church’s doctrine

The Catholic Church has a sainthood problem

Opinion: The Church is considering two people with serious anti-Semitic pasts for canonization—which threatens to undo its recent good work

Canada’s MPs call for a residential-school apology—exposing a Church in crisis

Opinion: MPs have voted to ask the Pope to apologize for the Catholic Church’s role in residential schools—and it’s due time he did the right thing

What the U.S. pro-life movement forgets about its own roots

Opinion: Pope Francis has been slammed for equating the saving of ‘innocent unborn’ with migrants. But social justice sparked the anti-abortion movement in the first place

2018 will be the year of the polarized church

A decision on a controversial text could cleave the Catholic faith in two

‘God will provide.’ The life and legacy of Mother Teresa

From the archives: Even before her death in Calcutta in 1997, she seemed destined for official canonization

What Donald Trump doesn’t understand about the Pope

Pope Francis delivered tough talk at his recent visit to Mexico—a ‘principled declaration’ seen as a necessary tonic in these times of Trump