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Lifestyle & Belief
Vatican strategy promotes Pope Francis as catalyst on climate change
GlobalPost
April 30, 2015
Francis will attend key gatherings ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris.
1024x683.jpg
For a new pope, issues of a global church
GlobalPost
March 12, 2013
With Africa, Asia and Latin America now representing two-thirds of the world's Catholics, many faithful want a more global pope.
493912857.jpg
Lifestyle & Belief
How the liberal American nuns prevailed over the Vatican old guard
GlobalPost
April 16, 2015
Pope Francis has ended a controversial investigation into alleged misconduct by US sisters.
20130311-global-church-05.jpg
Lifestyle & Belief
Picturing a global church
GlobalPost
March 12, 2013
For its 1.2 billion adherents worldwide, the Catholic Church is at a fateful crossroads.
488249527_1.jpg
Politics
The search for truth and reconciliation in church sex abuse scandal
GlobalPost
February 21, 2015
Leading voices around the world try to push the Catholic Church further toward justice.
20130304_tekla_johnpaul2.jpg
Lifestyle & Belief
Mother Tekla: The most powerful woman in Rome
GlobalPost
March 05, 2013
Mother Tekla Famiglietti, head of the Bridgettine Order, runs a small empire of hotels, restaurants, and guesthouses around the world. She has left a distinctive imprint at the Vat
463755842.jpg
Politics
Pope Francis's response to clergy sex abuse tripped up by Vatican loophole
GlobalPost
February 20, 2015
Francis doesn't actually have the power to fix the crisis. Bishops do.
461698438.jpg
Lifestyle & Belief
Pope Francis, Dostoyevsky and the tears of a child
GlobalPost
January 24, 2015
Analysis: Francis' improvisational style empowers him to speak beautifully about humanity's moral problems. It can also backfire.
sri_lanka.png
Lifestyle & Belief
Pope Francis stresses religious inclusion in trip to Sri Lanka and Philippines
GlobalPost
January 15, 2015
Francis is restoring the image of the pope as a moral statesman on the world stage.
459304579.jpg
How Pope Francis took 2013 by storm
GlobalPost
December 31, 2013
Analysis: Pope Francis has taken a Catholic Church in crisis and begun to remake it with his powerful brand of moral authority.