John D.S. Allen: “I think it is clear that there still is an image problem for the Catholic Church when it comes to women.”

Ending incessant federal interference will free up state and local leaders to foster more opportunities.

The question is, how do you define it. And I think many of the cardinals who are coming into this election from other parts of the world who are kind of in an anti-establishment mood, to be honest with you, what they mean by reform are…

To embrace this Franciscan spirit as his first decision I think sends a very clear symbol that in terms of returning the church to the sort of core sense of what it's all about, this is a reform.

The Taliban will never accord Afghan women and girls the respect and the place in the future Afghan society that they deserve.