Pope Francis

Will the Pope with the wry sense of humour and common touch actually reinvigorate the Church and the papacy?

Brian Bethune on demographics, ongoing scandals and the divide between secular and Catholic morality

Where 115 cardinals considered their choice for pope—and perhaps a lot more

In conversation with Father Raymond J. de Souza

Maybe the sun was in his eyes. Maybe he smelled something bad. Maybe he was just tired of standing. We’ll never know quite what...

What Francis has to look forward to, sartorially speaking

The Pope takes the bulletproof glass off the popemobile and walks among the people

Pope Francis reached out to faithful for the first time on Twitter on the eve of his inauguration mass and, then again, after his...

The descriptions of Jorge Mario Bergoglio , who is now known as Pope Francis, as a humble man of the people may be accurate, if a...

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