The Globalist

Pope Francis is taking all the right steps to end the deep-rooted corruption in the Vatican. Will he be successful?

The Pope and CCP leader would have benefitted from comparing notes while in the US. Alas, that did not happen.

How the Catholic Church wasted important time on the urgent road to reinvention.

Catholic men are now a bulwark of the Republican Party. But Pope Francis’s teachings do not square with Republican policies.

A geologist’s speed reading guide to the pope’s climate encyclical.

What the U.S.-Cuba deal tells us about the future of Vatican diplomacy in a multi-polar world.

What is the new Pope’s strategy for the Middle East?

Where is the Catholic Church growing? When will the Vatican hierarchy lose its European/Western bent?

Pope Francis and John Paul II are both transformative figures.

Can Pope Francis save Venezuela’s soul?