Conservatives have called Francis unacceptably weak on the issue. But his comments on Saturday, when he called abortion “inhuman eugenics,” were explicit.
Author: JASON HOROWITZ
Palermo Dispatch: Palermo Is Again a Migrant City, Shaped Now by Bangladeshis and Nigerians
The issues involving migrants are complicated in Palermo, which Bangladeshis and other foreigners call home.
Matteo Salvini’s Permanent Campaign Turns to European Parliament
Since taking office, the hard-line Italian populist has hardly been in the office. With European Parliament elections approaching, he has gone into overdrive.
Pope Issues First Rules for Catholic Church Worldwide to Report Sex Abuse
The new church law orders officials to report misconduct to their superiors and empowers senior archbishops to investigate. But it says nothing about punishment.
Dueling Popes? Maybe. Dueling Views in a Divided Church? Definitely.
Since Benedict, who resigned in 2013, published a letter on the church’s sex abuse crisis, the Vatican has been rife with talk of a rival power center to Francis.
In Matteo Salvini’s Italy, Good Is Bad and ‘Do-Gooders’ Are the Worst
‘‘Buonista’’ is an insult gleefully hurled at opponents by a government whose political logic has made bad good and amateurism a professional credential.
Pope Francis, in Plea for South Sudan Peace, Stuns Leaders by Kissing Their Shoes
Francis implored members of the government and the opposition to hew to a peace agreement. A key guarantor of the deal, Sudan’s president, was just ousted.
With Letter on Sexual Abuse, Pope Benedict Returns to Public Eye
The former pontiff blames the sexual revolution, liberal theology and an absence of God for the crisis with which his successor, Pope Francis, has struggled.
Matteo Salvini Announces New European Alliance of Far-Right Populists
Matteo Salvini, leader of Italy’s League party, and like-minded politicians from other countries hope to take control of the European Parliament in elections in May.
Pope Francis Warns Trump About Walls After Morocco Visit
Urging compassion for migrants, the pope said those who close borders “will become prisoners of the walls that they build.”