10 Years On, Pope Francis Faces Challenges From the Right and the Left In an ideologically divided Roman Catholic Church, the right has accused him of going too far and the left of not going far enough.
Benedict’s Burial Leaves Francis Alone, and Unbound Liberal supporters of Francis, a pope never shy about exercising power, now anticipate a late-breaking season of change.
Pope Benedict Was No Conservative. The heart of his message lay in what he said not to Catholics but to atheists.
Benedict’s Death Leaves Catholic Conservatives Bereft Even after his resignation as pope, traditionalists invoked Benedict’s name and sought to draw him into internecine ideological wars. Now he is gone.
With Benedict’s Death, an Unprecedented Moment for the Modern Church Benedict stunned the Roman Catholic world by becoming the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign. Now his death leaves a living pope presiding over the funeral of his predecessor.