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Pope Francis
September 23, 2015
Stacia L. Brown
Does Pope Francis Believe that Black Lives Matter?
September 22, 2015
The New Republic Staff
Popes in America: 50 Years of Papal Visits
September 22, 2015
Brook Wilensky-Lanford
Coming to America: A Brief History of U.S.-Papal Diplomacy
Since 1797, America and the Holy See have been friends, strangers, and friends once more
September 22, 2015
Brian Beutler
Pope Francis's Speech to Congress Will Backfire on Republicans
September 22, 2015
Suzy Khimm
Stop Treating Pope Francis as America's Liberal Hero
Progressives are being politically opportunistic. It could come back to haunt them.
September 21, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Pope Francis’s Radical Authenticity Is Revolutionizing the Catholic Church
In these turbulent times, he's gained mass appeal with a simple message
September 21, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Pope Francis Can't Save the Planet
August 19, 2015
Emma Foehringer Merchant
The Islamic Climate Change Declaration Could Be More Effective Than Pope Francis's Encyclical
July 29, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Pope Francis Against the World
The backlash from liberals and conservatives alike is good for his mission
July 17, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Feminists Should Not Give Up on Pope Francis
He's no Amy Schumer, but that's okay.
June 23, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Is Pope Francis Too Gloomy? Or Are Conservatives Just in Denial About Our Planet?
June 19, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Jeb Bush Has a Point: He Shouldn't Get His Climate Policy from Religion
June 18, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Pope Francis Is Not the BFD on Climate That Everyone Thinks He Is
June 18, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Pope Francis's Vision of a Moral Ecology Will Challenge Both Republicans and Democrats
His encyclical almost dares politicians to politicize it
June 17, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Climate Deniers Say Nope to "Red Pope"
June 17, 2015
Nathan Schneider
How Pope Francis Can Stop Leaks: Make Encyclicals Open-Source
June 17, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Last Time Conservatives Dismissed a Major Encyclical, It Ended Terribly for Them
June 15, 2015
Christiana Z. Peppard
The Moral Case for Renewable Energy
June 12, 2015
David Cloutier
The Catholic Church Is Not an Enemy of Science
June 8, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Pope Francis Is a Christian, Not a Communist
It's an easy mistake for conservatives to make

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