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• Francis / Jorge Mario Bergoglio

  On the Pope’s passing and its repercussions

  24 April, by FUENTES Pedro

  The death of the first Jesuit and Latin American pope made headlines worldwide. He was viewed as opposed to the far-right thinking of leaders such as Trump and Netanyahu. The neo-fascist right threatens with racism, wars, misogyny, persecution of immigrants, totalitarian measures, (…)

• Francis / Jorge Mario Bergoglio

  Francis. The Pope Who Spoke Softly—and Carried the Same Big Stick

  22 April, by NOVAK Adam

  Pope Francis was better than his predecessors. He integrated climate change into the Church’s concerns and widened space for discussion of social justice. His reign as Pope left the Catholic Church a marginally better place for the poor and the weak. He named more Cardinals from the Global (…)

• Francis / Jorge Mario Bergoglio

  Pope Francis has died, aged 88. These were his greatest reforms – and controversies

  21 April, by HODGE Joel, PIZZEY Antonia

  Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, a day after greeting crowds at St Peter’s Square. From the very start of his papacy, he seemed determined to do things differently.
  Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday, aged 88, the Vatican announced. The head of the Catholic Church had recently survived (…)

• Francis / Jorge Mario Bergoglio

  Pope Francis: Sexism With a Human Face?

  25 September 2013, by POLLITT Katha

  He seems like a lovely, modest man, but there’s no sign he will change the church’s stance on issues that matter to women.
  Pope Francis seems a lovely man. He washes the feet of prisoners, drives a Ford Focus and lives in the Vatican guesthouse instead of the isolated papal apartments. He (…)