It is said that Pope Francis is a Pope of the Global South, and this is true. Pope Francis embodies, in words, deeds, and omissions, the vision of the Global South on many issues of great international interest: from the piecemeal world war to the Ukrainian conflict; from the Israeli-Palestinian situation to the vision [...]

A new autobiography of Pope Francis will be published in January of the coming Jubilee Year, 2025. It is called Spera—Hope!, i.e., a verb in the imperative mood—and and a major Italian publishing house is bringing it out. The original plan was to release the book only after Francis’s death, but Francis came to [...]

Finding a common and constant thread running through the first two weeks of discussion at the Synod, well, it takes time and effort. Those who support the synodal path will say the difficulty is a feature, not a bug; that openness to the Holy Spirit also requires not having pre-established plans; that continuous back-and-forth [...]

Pope Francis works by catchphrases. His preferred method is to drop them into an interview or a question-and-answer dialogue.

His method has its fans and supporters. Introducing the book that collects the Pope’s dialogues with Jesuits from around the world, Antonio Spadaro SJ praised the Pope’s refusal to give prepared speeches but to open [...]

Pope Francis will create 21 new cardinals in a consistory to be held on Dec. 8, 2024. Twenty of them are eligible to vote in a conclave, bringing the number of cardinals who would vote in a conclave to 141. The number will drop dramatically during 2025, when 13 cardinals will be over 80. [...]