The Pope and CCP leader would have benefitted from comparing notes while in the US. Alas, that did not happen.
Tag Archives: Vatican
Did Pope Francis Get to His Post Too Late?

How the Catholic Church wasted important time on the urgent road to reinvention.
Papal Politics in the United States

Catholic men are now a bulwark of the Republican Party. But Pope Francis’s teachings do not square with Republican policies.
Pope Francis and the Environment

A geologist’s speed reading guide to the pope’s climate encyclical.
Pope Francis: U.S.-Cuba Matchmaker

What the U.S.-Cuba deal tells us about the future of Vatican diplomacy in a multi-polar world.
Next: An African Pope?
Where is the Catholic Church growing? When will the Vatican hierarchy lose its European/Western bent?
Venezuela Today Vs. the Polish Liberation Episode

Pope Francis and John Paul II are both transformative figures.
Two Shepherds, Two Cultural Revolutions?

Comparing the agendas and performance of Pope Francis and China’s Xi Jinping.