Climate change, migration and geopolitical hot spots were on the agenda as Pope Francis met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken June 28.
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said that during the 40-minute meeting, which "took place in a cordial climate," the pope
Russell Shaw looks at the state of our culture and asks: Is there any realistic way to bring Americans back together in mutual understanding and respect while restoring a sense of shared purpose? To begin to see what such a community might
In September of 2015, Pope Francis made his first — and, so far, only — apostolic trip to the United States. The visit consisted of many of the usual features of previous papal visitations: formal remarks at the White House, an address
Reflecting on Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S. in 2015, Russ Shaw writes, “maybe it’s time to ask this question: Did he come five years too soon?” Five years after the historic visit, few if any of the problems that Francis spoke
Hours after Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a statement calling for urgent prayers "that our world's leaders will pursue dialogue and seek