NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming conclave at the Vatican ...

POPE Francis, who passed away on April 21, may not have written an encyclical addressed to architects, but his pontificate ...

When Pope Francis assumed office in 2013, he called on Catholic institutions to divest from fossil fuels. How far did they ...

Donald Trump announced his first run for president on June 16, 2015. He lashed out against immigrants, environmentalists and other supposed enemies foreign and domestic.

From king to the world’s pastor: How will the next pope change the style of the papacy? By Zac Davis The scarlet robes. The ...

Laudato Si, meaning "praise be to you," addresses the environmental crisis as both a social and environmental issue. The author reflects on Pope Francis's legacy, including his focus on the poor and ...

Welcomed by some and rejected by others, Laudato Si’ emerged as one of the most important documents of Francis’ pontificate.

Pope Francis's 2020 encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, was a much-needed call for us to embrace the local and the unchosen.

In 2023, Francis published Laudate Deum, a short follow up to Laudato Si’. At the same time as he urged the world to act, he ...

Pope Francis lived up to his namesake’s values for people, planet and animals. I am grateful for the passion that drove him to write the Encyclical on climate and those ...

His sacramental gestures symbolized the love and mercy he wanted the church to bring to the world. He was the first Pope to ...