Reading Time: 3 minutes The Doctrine of Discovery justified everything from slavery to the residential school system
Tag: Pope Francis
Pope Francis more highly respected than the Catholic Church itself
Reading Time: 3 minutes Francis is pushing for long-needed changes but is facing a great deal of criticism within the church’s walls
Of Popes and American politics
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you’ve a long memory and a thing for American politics, the Vatican’s recent anti-Trump intervention may have rung a bell
Pope/Trump feud comes down to what it means to be a Christian
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Christian obligation to support the underdog is a biblical imperative that goes back to the ancient Israelites
What politicians must learn from Pope Francis’ leadership style
Reading Time: 3 minutes Politicians, sadly, are only accustomed to the smell of their own party faithful
Pope’s encyclical on the environment wrong in so many ways
Reading Time: 4 minutes Those countries with relatively free markets have made the greatest gains in environmental quality over the past half century
Pope’s criticism of Curia applicable to everyone
Reading Time: 3 minutes Francis is not asking any more of his cardinals, or us, than he asks of himself.