Questions about Pope Francis’s health are stoking speculation about who might succeed him one day as head of the powerful Roman Catholic Church. Pope Francis arrives in a wheelchair at The Vatican, 5 May 2022. Francis, 85, has been suffering from strained...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reflects Vladimir Putin’s unhinged state, some experts say. But his views of ‘Mother Russia’ provide a logical explanation. Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via...
Pope Francis is pushing a tricky reform drive, called “synodality,” that puts ordinary people at the core of the hierarchical Catholic Church. Pope Francis waves as he arrives at a vigil before World Youth Day in Panama City, Panama, 26 January 2019....
Men have long dominated the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church. But there is a whiff of change in the air as women eye positions of power. Marianne Pohl-Henzen, who was appointed to a senior Catholic administrative post previously held by a priest, in Fribourg,...
My students’ studies abroad were cut short when COVID-19 hit Paris. But they learned invaluable, life-long lessons. Ding Jiaqi’s meal on her flight from France to China, 18 March 2020 Ding Jiaqi had a luxury plane ticket home — a $5,000 business class seat from...