Pope Francis’ message to COP26
Pope Francis met with President Biden, President Moon of Korea and Prime Minister Modi from India last week, and in all of the conversations, one subject came up: Climate change. Many of the world le...
4 Nov 202126min
Bonus: Pope Francis tells President Biden to keep receiving Communion
Today, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. met with Pope Francis in a highly anticipated meeting at the Vatican. The two leaders spoke privately for 75 minutes, which is unusually long compared to other mee...
29 Okt 20214min
What happens when a pope meets a president?
Pope Francis is expected to meet with U.S President Joseph R. Biden, Korean President Moon Jae-in and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week while the leaders are in Rome for the G20 summit. So...
28 Okt 202128min
Pope Francis’ 9 commandments for a just economy
This weekend, Pope Francis gave a speech to grassroots activists that some are already calling an important contribution to Catholic Social Teaching. At America, we called it “Pope Francis’ 9 commandm...
21 Okt 202127min
The ‘Synod on Synodality’ launches in Rome
The “synod on synodality,” Pope Francis’ two-year effort to move the church toward a more collaborative and decentralized model, kicked off in Rome on Sunday with a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. In hi...
14 Okt 202126min
Vatican hosts unprecedented meeting of faith leaders ahead of COP26
Pope Francis welcomed 40 leaders of the world’s major religions to the Vatican this week to call for definitive action on climate change ahead of the United Nations’ COP26 conference in Glasgow. On “I...
7 Okt 202128min
Can women in the Vatican change the church?
Women are rising to new heights in the Vatican, but there is still a long way to go before women’s voices and leadership are satisfactorily integrated in the Vatican. In this deep dive episode based ...
30 Sep 202134min
Bonus: How Pope Francis reclaimed Slovak history from populists
Last week, Pope Francis visited Hungary and Slovakia—two countries with about 1,000 years of Christian history. But today, that history is being re-interpreted for political ends, as nationalist or po...
25 Sep 202124min
