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September 30, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Pope Francis Met Kim Davis, Confounding the Culture Warriors Once Again
September 29, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Pope Francis's Pessimism Is Good for the Planet
His Catholic critics complain about his apocalyptic rhetoric, but the pontiff is simply speaking the truth: We're in trouble.
September 28, 2015
Jeet Heer
Do Conservative Catholics Want a Divorce?
September 25, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Donald Trump's "Merry Christmas" Has Nothing to Do With Christmas
September 25, 2015
The New Republic Staff
Pope Francis's Address to the United Nations: Read His Full Speech
September 25, 2015
The New Republic Staff
Live Blog: Pope Francis's Address to the United Nations
September 24, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Why Pope Francis Singled Out Four Important Americans
September 24, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Two Words Pope Francis Didn't Say to Congress: "Climate Change"
September 24, 2015
The New Republic Staff
Live Blog: Pope Francis's Address to Congress
September 23, 2015
Alex Shephard
A Conservative's Guide to Undermining Pope Francis
September 23, 2015
Jerry A. Coyne
Religious Freedom Has No Place in Hospitals—Even Catholic Ones
September 22, 2015
The New Republic Staff
Popes in America: 50 Years of Papal Visits
September 22, 2015
Jeet Heer
Conservatives to Pope Francis: Stick With Salvation. We’ll Handle Politics.
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
September 11, 2015
Brook Wilensky-Lanford
Falling Asleep in the Afterlife
Why are books about visiting heaven so boring—and popular?
September 3, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Can the Evangelical Left Rise Again?
August 17, 2015
Steve Oney
A Distant Mirror: The Leo Frank Lynching
How a century-old crime foreshadowed today's polarized politics.
August 11, 2015
Jennifer Percy
At War in the Garden of Eden
Christian fighters, ISIS invaders, and the fight for Iraq’s Nineveh Plains
August 7, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Christian Republicans Can't Agree on Who Deserves Our Government's Compassion

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