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Pope Francis
Pope Francis news and analysis from The Nation
October 14, 2020
Amid the pandemic and worsening marginalization, we have to get better at doing one thing: listening.
February 28, 2019
The left welcomed the pontiff because he was anti-authoritarian—but that’s exactly why the summit was a disappointment.
February 1, 2017
He stood up courageously against Brazil’s dictatorship and supported the “preferential option for the poor.”
September 28, 2016
The rise of Donald Trump is a direct threat to the pope’s message of compassion and openness.
April 19, 2016
Sanders’s hope for a moral economy is amplified at the Vatican.
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April 17, 2016
Here’s the full text of the speech he delivered at the Vatican.
April 14, 2016
Bernie may be Jewish, but he seems to have found an echo of his politics in the Catholic Church’s call for social justice—especially under Pope Francis.
February 19, 2016
The billionaire is at odds with a historic American commitment to religious pluralism and separation of church and state.
February 19, 2016
Attacks on the pope misrepresent his message and display the submerged anti-Catholicism in US political life.
February 17, 2016
The week of this historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill also witnessed dangerous developments in the US-Russian confrontation over Ukraine, Syria, and Turkey.