Pope Francis

Pope Francis leaves after celebrating Mass marking the feast of Pentecost in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 20. (CNS/Paul Haring)

Editorial

Editorial: Francis should seize momentum of Chile resignations

May 24, 2018

We say: It's time to revisit the pope's 2015 proposal to establish a tribunal that would hold responsible bishops and religious superiors who mishandle cases of clergy sex abuse.

Pope Francis talks with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI during a visit with new cardinals at the retired pope's residence after a consistory at the Vatican Nov. 19, 2016. (CNS/L'Osservatore Romano, handout)

Column | Distinctly Catholic

Pope Benedict and Pope Francis: free and faithful in Christ

by Michael Sean Winters

May 16, 2018

Distinctly Catholic: Recent appearances of Benedict in print and Francis on camera give insight into how, in different ways, they have avoided the strangeness of Vatican culture.

Vatican issues new rules for communities of contemplative nuns

by Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service

May 15, 2018

Global Sisters Report: The document Cor Orans has new norms for contemplative orders of nuns, including procedures for communities left with only a few members.

Worshipers gather at the Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Samara, Russia, on Feb. 25. (Dreamstime/Alexandr Blinov)

Russia's Catholics weigh the benefits of Vatican-Orthodox exchanges

by Jonathan Luxmoore

May 14, 2018

Despite high-level interchurch closeness between pope and patriarch, on the local level "the Catholic Church still faces great challenges merely building bridges with Russian society."

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Editorial: Francis should seize momentum of Chile resignations

Pope Benedict and Pope Francis: free and faithful in Christ

Vatican issues new rules for communities of contemplative nuns

Russia's Catholics weigh the benefits of Vatican-Orthodox exchanges

A 2018 happiness thread to keep my misanthropic heresy at bay

Chilean abuse survivors await actions after 'empathetic' meetings with pope

Links for 4/24/18

On messages and messengers

NCR Podcast: 'Gaudete et Exsultate'

Francis' Chilean critics welcome apology, hope for action on abuse cover-up

Francis admits 'serious mistakes' in handling of Chile abuse cases

Links for 4/11/18

Catholics react to 'Gaudete et Exsultate'

Links for 4/3/18

NCR Podcast: Pope Francis at five years

Panel takes stock of 'ennobling' leadership of Pope Francis

Reaching young 'nones' will take an authentic evangelizing voice

Interim results: Pope Francis revitalizes Vatican II reforms

Francis needs to listen to women, not cardinals

Despite campaign to discredit him, Francis strikes a chord with workers

Fr. Figueroa Deck says the Latino Catholic 'sleeping giant' is awakening

Links for 3/6/18

With China, Vatican diplomats must make the best of a bad situation

Disenchanted Catholics look afield in Madison's Morlino era

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