"The pope's religious message—that the Gospel should be joyful, merciful, and embrace everyone, especially the poor—is plain and direct. And yet the political strategies he uses to enact that vision are sophisticated and even wily. Inside the Church, he has set out to modernize the Vatican, rooting out corruption and careerism and placing the pastoral care of ordinary people before dogma and rules. Love and inclusion now come before judgment and condemnation. In the larger world, his mission is just as radical: to realign global policy to better aid the poor and excluded. That has included pushing nations to address the prickly issues of climate change and economic inequality."
Paul Vallely in New York discusses Pope Francis ahead of the pontiff's visit to the United States.
Nathan Schneider at Reuters looks at Pope Francis's "economics of cooperation."
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