As clergy child abuse scandals jolt the church, Pope Francis has defrocked predatory bishops from Peru and Poland...
Feb 20, 2015
Pope Francis, Dostoyevsky and the tears of a child
On each pilgrimage, Pope Francis gives the global audience another glimpse into his complex mind. The first unscripted...
Jan 24, 2015
Pope Francis stresses religious inclusion in trip to Sri Lanka and Philippines
Pope Francis met with Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim leaders and those of other faiths in Sri Lanka this...
Jan 15, 2015
Hans Küng, influential Catholic dissident, confronts his own mortality
In November 2012, on assignment for GlobalPost and National Catholic Reporter, I traveled to the University of Tübingen...
Dec 19, 2013
How Pope Francis took 2013 by storm
There is Pope Francis with angelic wings, smiling beatifically on the cover of the New Yorker magazine wherein...
Dec 13, 2013
The significance of Pope Francis, first Jesuit pontiff
ROME – This was an historic papal transition from the very start. It was the first time in...
Mar 15, 2013
Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected pope: White smoke rising in St. Peter’s Square
ROME — White smoke rose over a packed and rain-soaked St. Peter's Square and an enormous roar went...
Mar 13, 2013
For a new pope, issues of a global church
ROME — As the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel Tuesday afternoon for the opening round of votes in...
Mar 12, 2013
Mother Tekla: The most powerful woman in Rome
ROME, Italy — If the leadership of American nuns is the vanguard of a progressive spirit up against...
Mar 05, 2013
Bishops investigating US nuns have poor records on sex abuse cases
VATICAN CITY — From its 17th century palace, the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith monitors compliance with...
Dec 18, 2012
Theologian Hans Küng condemns pope’s modern ‘Inquisition’
TÜBINGEN, Germany — Fifty years ago in this medieval city with its steep hills and the sprawling campus...
Dec 18, 2012