Mollie Wilson O’Reilly
editor-at-large for Commonweal magazine
Mollie Wilson O’Reilly is editor-at-large for Commonweal magazine.
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MS NOW Opinion
Pope Leo XIV speaks English. That’s bad news for JD Vance.
The language barrier has helped maintain an air of unreality around the papacy in the U.S. That is about to change.
MS NOW Opinion
The next pope? You wouldn’t know him.
While the next pope is almost certainly well-known already in Vatican City, the rest of the world should prepare to be surprised.