There have been numerous discussions looking into Cardinal Bergoglio’s history before becoming Pope Francis in order to speculate on how his papacy will go forward.
I love this profile of the Rev. Ann Fontaine, devoted Café newsblogger, from the Gazette in Cannon Beach, Ore.:
President Obama is gaining support from evangelical leaders for his efforts to require universal background checks for gun purchases. Time’s Zeke Miller reports:
What am I hoping for with the new pope? As someone who was baptized as a Catholic and now worships in the Episcopal Church, I’m
What was the role of Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina’s “Dirty War” of the 1970s? The Guardian reports that the new pope “has not escaped
New evidence that Americans are turning their backs on religion, and this is increasingly true of those who grew up in religious homes. From the
After a couple days of black smoke, those anxiously waiting outside the Sistine Chapel finally saw what they were waiting for: white smoke…the confirmation of
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires is now Pope Francisco. The new pope asked the people to pray for him before he prayed for
We have a pope, folks. Well, actually, of course, it’s the Roman Catholics who have a pope. White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel just
The Very Rev. Gary Hall and Rabbi David Saperstein reflect on the gun violence epidemic in The Huffington Post: