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Pope Leo XIV holds the Easter candle at St. Peter's basilica in the Vatican, April 4, 2026. (Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images)

Why does the right hate the pope?

Andrew O'Hehir
A Pro-choice activist dressed in a Handmaid costume as they demonstrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Protests at Catholic churches? Maybe

Kathryn Joyce
Knight After Night (Art by Mr. Fish/Scheerpost)

Amy Coney Barrett and Christian fascism

Chris Hedges
Saint Nicholas (Getty/Hulton Archive)

Tell your kids about the real St. Nick

Lisa Bitel - The Conversation
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Mark Rozzi (AP/Marc Levy)

Pennsylvania lawmaker's Catholic crusade

Matthew Rozsa
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How the Catholic Church breeds predators

Amanda Marcotte
Pope Francis (AP/Denis Balibouse)

Pope Francis says no to death penalty

Matthew Rozsa
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The Gluten-free body of christ

Charlie May
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In this July 31, 2016 file photo pope Francis and Krakow cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, right, are arriving in a navy blue Volkswagen Golf car to celebrate a Holy Mass there. The car, along with two other similar VW Golf care that Francis was driven in in Poland has been put on auction by a Polish Catholic Church charity to raise funds for a mobile clinic for Syrian refugees in Lebanon and for a shelter for the disabled in Poland. (AP)

Mathew Schmalz - The Conversation
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Francis' hope, Boehner's shame

Andrew O'Hehir
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Neoliberalism's chief enemy

Sean Illing
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Two cheers for Pope Francis

Lindsay Abrams
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GOP vs. the Pope

Katie McDonough
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The pope vs. the right

Lindsay Abrams
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Pope's historic meeting

Luke Brinker
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Pope champions migrants

Luke Brinker
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Pope decries consumerism

Luke Brinker

More Catholic than the pope!

Luke Brinker
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Lindsay Abrams
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Katie McDonough
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Katie McDonough
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Katie McDonough
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Katie McDonough
Theologian and Episcopal priest Matthew Fox (left) and Pope Francis (Reuters)

Is Pope Francis a fraud?

Andrew O'Hehir
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