Ross Douthat on the future of the Catholic Church

Pope Francis advocates for the consistent ethic of life in a throwaway culture. Like Cardinal Bernardin many years ago, he defends the sanctity of life at every stage and in every situation.

“History is being made. We are at a particular moment for the universal church, not only for Chile,” one monsignor said.

Insights on the papacies of Benedict XVI and Francis from Father Federico Lombardi, S.J., a close colleague of both.

In a new documentary from Wim Wenders, Francis is sober, consoling, occasionally sad and always jesuitical.

Francis spoke after one of the worst days of violence in the Holy Land since 2014.