Pope Francis focuses his remaining energies on Ukraine battlefield

Seldom in the modern history of the Catholic Church has a pope been plunged into both external and internal crises at the same time.

On March 13, Pope Francis will observe the 10th anniversary of his election to the papacy. In that decade, he has reached outward to a fractured world and inward to a fractured church. Seldom in the modern history of the Catholic Church has a pope been plunged into both external and internal crises at the same time.Photograph courtesy Flickr/Commons Wikimedia

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

March 13, 2023

EDMONTON—On March 13, Pope Francis will observe the 10th anniversary of his election to the papacy, In that decade, he has reached outward to a fractured world, and inward to a fractured church. Seldom in the modern history of the Catholic Church has a pope been plunged in...

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