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Pope Francis’s divided house
Like the Second Vatican Council, he proved the Church to be as human as it is divine.
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Why Donald Trump couldn’t honour the Pope
The US president’s bizarre eulogy masked a deeper tension.
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Pope Francis’s illusions
The controversial liberaliser brought humanity to the Vatican – but he was unable to arrest the Catholic Church’s decline.
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The confessions of Pope Francis
Can Hope, his autobiographical meditations on migration, sexuality and war, assuage a Catholic church in crisis?
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Whatever happened to the language of peace?
Pope Francis is the only world leader who seems prepared to denounce war.
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What is Pope Francis trying to say?
The pontiff has been called a Marxist and a reactionary, but his leadership is more enigmatic.
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Why the sexual abuse revelations about Catholic clergy in France were grimly unsurprising
The Catholic Church’s defensiveness and culture of secrecy have made it tragically reluctant to admit error and slow to put…
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