Pope Francis imparted the final blessing at the funeral of Cardinal Pell, who decried his papacy as a “catastrophe.”

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Anthony, Abbot, by Zac Davis

A Reflection for Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time, by Kerry Weber

This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley talk with John Carr, founder of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, about Pope Benedict’s under-appreciated contributions to Catholic social teaching.

Our leaders spoke to their development as public persons, worthy of recognition in civil society and local democracy.

What unites Benedict and Francis is their common fidelity to God calling us to conversion.