Pope Francis

Our journalist shares the joys, the excitement, and also the sacrifices and hardships of journeying around the world with the Holy Father

April 11 2023 | by

Christopher White

The meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill in Havana, Cuba, on 12 February 2016, was the first between a Roman Catholic pontiff and a Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church

Historic Meeting

WHEN Pope Francis met Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in Cuba on February 12, some saw it as an encounter of huge spiritual significance, a sizeable step towards unity within the global Christian...

March 11 2016 | by

Philippa Hitchen

The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus by Frans Francken the Younger

A Person’s Value

ISSUED ON May 14, 2015, Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’ startled the world because of its focus on environmental issues. Media hype overlooked the encyclical’s core,...

December 23 2015 | by

Madeline Pecora Nugent