Where Francis is, there is no weeping

Pope Francis has died, and I have a regret. Early on in his pontificate, I wanted to write a book that would have his face on the cover. At the time, everyone seemed to be coming out with a book on “the Francis effect” about the first pope from the Americas.

The moral messenger’s warning

On Easter morning, the day before he died, Pope Francis met Vice President JD Vance, a devout defender of President Trump’s virulent anti-immigration policies. Francis and Vance exchanged brief pleasantries, but a few minutes later, an archbishop read the pontiff’s holiday homily, which decried “how much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants.”

Essential mystery of the Garcia case

After all the talking and arguing about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the illegal bordercrosser and alleged gang member deported by the United States and now imprisoned in El Salvador, there is still a fundamental unanswered question about the case: Why is he imprisoned in El Salvador?

Americans question more than before

This is an era when the great certainties that ruled American life for nearly three generations are being questioned more deeply, more widely and more seriously than at any time in decades.

Klarna, StubHub and Medline have put on hold their initial public offerings. Jaguar Land Rover has paused all car shipments to the United States. Nintendo has delayed taking preorders for its new game console, the Switch 2, to assess the effect of tariffs on prices.

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