The late Pope Francis advocated for the powerless, for those who have so little and yet are villainized by people in positions of authority. Pope Francis met with Vice President JD Vance on Easter Sunday and then died. I’m not saying these things are related; I’m simply relaying the chain of events. Although the timing … Read more
Every morning, a line forms at about six outside the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, on West Thirty-first Street, near Penn Station, as it has done (with a few exceptions) since 1930; on average, there are two hundred and fifty people, mostly men in various states of need. At seven, a bell is rung … Read more
He’s in critical condition and battling double pneumonia, but Pope Francis has upheld a tradition he began nearly a year and a half ago at the start of the war in Gazamaking nightly calls to the only Catholic parish in the enclave to offer words of support and prayer. And now, as the ailing pontiff … Read more
