Robert Mickens

Pope Francis walks in procession with new cardinals during the consistory in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 5. (CNS/Vatican Media)

Francis' biggest reform is to shift church from Eurocentric to universal

Simply Spirit: Speaking to FutureChurch, veteran Vatican journalist Robert Mickens asks progressive Catholics "to push and support the pope" — and have patience with the slow pace of reform.

Elizabeth Koroma of Providence, Rhode Island, holds a pro-life sign in the rotunda of the Rhode Island Statehouse May 14 to protest a Senate bill aimed at expanding legal abortion in Rhode Island. The judiciary committee voted against the measure. (CNS)

Links for 7/9/19

By Michael Sean Winters
Pope Francis gives his annual pre-Christmas speech to officials of the Roman Curia and cardinals present in Rome Dec. 21 in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace. (CNS/Vatican Media)

Revived abuse crisis, newfangled simony dominated the church's 2018

By Michael Sean Winters

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By Michael Sean Winters

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