papacy

A Contender for the Papacy in the Mold of Francis
April 29, 2025
He never aspired to be a priest. After he rose to be a bishop, he implied that he suffered from impostor syndrome. And when Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle...
‘He made Catholicism cool again.’ SoCal’s Catholic leaders reflect on Pope Francis’ impact
April 24, 2025
Three years ago, on the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ papacy, I wrote a story describing the humble Jesuit-born Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the first pope to be “a...