After Pope Francis, Pope Leo XIV Combines Continuity With Change

After Pope Francis, Pope Leo XIV Combines Continuity With Change

Just over a year ago, on May 2, 2025, Pope Francis breathed his last at the age of 88. His death marked the end of a 12-year papacy defined by concern for the poor, a refusal to treat doctrine as ideology and a deliberate effort to reorient the Church toward a Gospel of peace and mercy. Francis was often misunderstood — treated by his critics as a left-wing agitator, and by some of his admirers as a kind of progressive mascot. In reality, he was…

Pope Francis, Pope Leo, and Me

Today’s post is from guest blogger Robert Shine (he/him). Bob is the executive director of the Pax Christi International Fund for Peace, a part of the global Catholic peace movement. He previously served at New Ways Ministry from 2012-2024, including many years as Bondings Managing Editor. He is a co-author of A Home for All: A Catholic Call for LGBTQ Non-Discrimination, and has degrees in theology from The Catholic University of America and Bos…

A multi-faceted papacy: Pope Leo XIV, one year in

To meet the varied challenges of turbulent times, Pope Leo draws on the Christian tradition of prioritizing human dignity.