10 years with Pope Francis

Pope Francis may be bold in other ways, but not so much when it comes to responding to sexual abuse, says David Clohessy of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP).

Speakers and attendees at a three-day conference at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, praised Pope Francis, but several called for more movement on women's roles in the church.

By encouraging people to listen to one another, Pope Francis has ignited a new sense of hope among Catholics, says theologian Hosffman Ospino.

No more "two for us, one for them," says columnist Michael Sean Winters. It's time to turn decisively, not slowly, in naming new bishops not stuck in the past.

Many Catholics around the world connect with this papacy and the universal church, but for some Francis' dreams of a more diverse and inclusive church are threatening.

The US bishops have not written a new document on political engagement since Pope Francis was elected 10 years ago. It's time to craft a new document that reflects this pope's new vision for the church's role in public life, says Stephen Schneck.

This pontificate has initiated a process of ecclesial renewal that implies a change in the understanding of the collective conscience of what it means to be church as People of God.

Scholars and Catholics spoke to NCR about how Pope Francis has dealt with the Catholic Church's history of colonialism, and how he has confronted colonialism in its continuing forms.

On climate change and environmental advocacy, Pope Francis has taken a disruptive approach where others might have stayed quiet.

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi: Pope Francis has truly been a pope for the people. A decade after his election, his papacy remains a beacon of peace, light, love and hope — for the global Catholic community and for all.

Watch: NCR Vatican correspondent Christopher White discusses Pope Francis' 10th anniversary with Kate McElwee, executive director of the Women's Ordination Conference and Bishop John Stowe of Lexington, Kentucky.

Pope Francis' co-author Rabbi Abraham Skorka reflects on his 25-year friendship with the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

For insight into how Pope Francis is viewed among those with different faiths, or none, NCR invited the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, an atheist, a Muslim scholar and a rabbi to discuss him.

Despite the fact that Jesuits have historically shied away from roles of authority in the church, over the last 10 years, Pope Francis has increasingly turned to his Jesuit confreres to take on key positions.

Over the past 10 years, Pope Francis has changed the church in substantial ways. Jesus knocked. Francis opened the door. Now it's time to step through.

With international trips to places "where there are conflicts and difficulties that are forgotten" and in his major documents, Pope Francis' diplomacy has aimed to influence global conversations in new ways.

The first pope to select as his namesake the patron saint of ecology, Pope Francis has emphasized concern for creation as a priority of the Catholic Church, and made ecology a central theme of his papacy.

Catholicism's global leader is shifting the church from what one archbishop describes as a "hierarchical church to a synodal church" and "from a powerful church to a church that is poor and powerless."

Pope Francis' 10-year record on women in church management, ministry and even ordination is not the fireworks of change many pray for, but there has been movement, says the executive director of the Women's Ordination Conference.

After a battle of years with church leaders who tried to silence me about the horrors of abuse, I met Pope Francis in 2018, and I encountered a man who was humble and ready to listen to whatever I was going to say.

Listen: Father Daniel, Heidi and David look back at a decade of Pope Francis, the environmental effects of the train derailment in Ohio, and recent Supreme Court cases that could change the internet as we know it.

Pope Francis' reforms are rooted in Vatican II and the Gospels, so why do his critics see him as a revolutionary? asks columnist Michael Sean Winters.

Pope Francis' 10 years on the chair of St. Peter have been marked by tenacious resistance from the conservative wing of the church, as formerly ardent papal defenders have lashed out against the current pontiff.

As the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis' election nears, Richard Gaillardetz considers the contributions of this remarkable pontificate to the theology, structure, and exercise of ministry and authority.

For Francis, mercy is not a response to those who fail at church teaching, it is the crux of the church's teaching, says columnist Michael Sean Winters. 

NCR has an exclusive first look at a new film that offers American theatergoers a unique and up-close view of Pope Francis' travels to countries across the world since 2013. The film releases in the U.S. March 31.

Pope Francis repeatedly asks Catholics around the world to pray for him. Now a new online project asks people to say 10 Hail Marys for him on the 10th anniversary of his papacy.

Over the next few weeks, we'll examine the decade past and the years to come for Francis, a pope who seems to redefine for a new generation a special spirit born three generations ago.

As we approach the 10th anniversary of Francis' pontificate, columnist Michael Sean Winters reflects on his pastoral style.

Columnist Michael Sean Winters sees evidence of an inflection point in Francis' pontificate, as conservative criticisms of the pope increasingly ring hollow and Francis seems to be increasing the pace of change.