“Who am I to judge?” Pope Francis uttered those words in July 2013, just four and a half months into his papacy, when he was asked about gay priests, and the remark was greeted by some observers as a revelation and revolution. At long last, the Roman …
“Gabriële” considers a writer and pivotal figure of the 20th-century avant-garde who nurtured the talents of others.
As democratic values and alliances were being turned upside down, the pope was a consistent moral guidepost. Who can play that role now?
The funeral will take place on Saturday. The process to choose his successor will come next.
Pope Francis, who rose from modest means in Argentina to become the first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff, who clashed bitterly with traditionalists in his push for a more inclusive Roman Catholic Church, and who spoke out tirelessly for migrants …
