The Globalist

Comparing the agendas and performance of Pope Francis and China’s Xi Jinping.

What it means for the Middle East.

What has brought Russia’s Putin and Pope Francis together?

Excerpts from Pope Francis’s July 2013 speech on social justice and income inequality in Rio de Janeiro.

Who can U.S. archconservatives now rely on to defend traditional values?

What similar challenges do the new leaders in the Vatican and China both face?

Will Pope Francis be able to complete the reform of the Vatican Bank?

Is Jorge Bergoglio up to the task of reforming the Catholic Church without breaking it apart? Governance reforms are centuries overdue.

Popes, presidents, CEOs and prime ministers — which organization has had the least turnover in leadership?

What did Pope Benedict view as the responsibilities of the world’s rich countries to the poor?