Today on TAP: To the American and Catholic right wing, the Pope’s Christian humanism was all but heretical.
Pope Francis
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How the Church Stymies Even Pope Francis
The pope has embraced greater social justice—except when it comes to women and sexuality.
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Pope Francis and the Rights of the Living
Today on TAP: The Church weighs in on COVID vaccines
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Francis Revives the Workers’ Church
The Catholic Church in America—once an ally of workers and their unions—grew deferential to big money in recent decades. Now, prompted by the Pope, a new generation of labor priests and bishops is trying to change that.
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A Sacred Populist: Pope Francis Shakes Up His Church
Pope Francis has outraged conservatives and liberals alike in the Catholic hierarchy, but his populist message is in step with his politically turbulent times.
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Koch Brothers’ Latest Target: Pope Francis
Better known for their high-dollar political spending, the billionaire Koch brothers have also poured millions into Catholic University’s business school to promote a free-market orthodoxy sharply at odds with the teachings of Pope Francis.
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Bernie, Pope Francis, and the Moral Economy
A lay person’s primer on Catholic social teaching.
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Is Pope Francis a Bernie Bro?
The Vatican’s invitation to Sanders isn’t the first time a papal confidante undermined a woman candidate in a U.S. presidential race.
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The Pope’s Blind Spot: When Income Inequality and Abortion Intersect
Why reproductive health is a social justice issue.
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Pope Decries Fundamentalism, Insulting Church’s Own Allies
By turns subtle and blatant, the pontiff set heads spinning in his address to Congress.