RODAS, Cuba — Leaning on a cane in her small living room in this rural village, Gladys Cristina del Caridad...
Sep 22, 2015
Pope Francis and the revolution in Vatican foreign policy
A Vatican conference this week drew mayors from cities across the globe to discuss climate change and modern...
Jul 24, 2015
‘I was a slave’: Nigerian women escape sexual bondage in Italy
CASERTA, Italy — She is 32 and demure, with a poise that belies the image of a woman who...
Jul 14, 2015
Italy: Ground zero in Europe’s humanitarian crisis
PORT AUGUSTA, Sicily— Ramadan, the month of reflection and daytime fasting for Muslims, was underway on June 20...
Jul 06, 2015
Pope Francis channels Saint Francis to save the planet
ROME — When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires made his infrequent visits to Rome before becoming Pope...
Jun 18, 2015
Fault lines surface as the Vatican’s climate encyclical leaks
BY JASON BERRY AND VALERIA FRASCHETTI ROME — An hour before L’espresso magazine leaked an Italian-language PDF of...
Jun 15, 2015
Vatican removes de facto immunity for bishops concealing sex abuse
ROME — The Vatican announced today that Pope Francis’s Council of Cardinals — nine top churchmen charged with reforming...
Jun 10, 2015
Pope Francis and Europe’s escalating refugee crisis
ROME — Escaping slavery put one evil behind him. Then came the horror of crossing the Mediterranean from...
Jun 04, 2015
Vatican strategy promotes Pope Francis as catalyst on climate change
The Vatican has embarked on a campaign to position Pope Francis as an unifying voice on climate change...
Apr 30, 2015
How the liberal American nuns prevailed over the Vatican old guard
The Vatican’s controversial takeover of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious — which represents 53,000 nuns, America’s largest group...
Apr 16, 2015
The search for truth and reconciliation in church sex abuse scandal
The Vatican’s protection of bishops complicit in recycling clergy sex abusers is a front-burner issue for Alberto Athié,...
Feb 21, 2015