John D.S. Allen: “It almost defies belief that someone would be leading such a double life and yet taking such a hard line in public.”

I think one of the challenges facing Pope Francis and church leaders at other levels is to try to counteract that by in every way they possibly can putting women forward in meaningful leadership positions.

There's no clear front runner for the papacy. The last thing these 115 cardinals who are going to cast votes want is to go into the Sistine chapel and become deadlocked and have to stay there for three or four days.

the closer they get to January 3rd of next year, the more likely it is that they will no longer exist. Meaning, if Republicans take control of the House in the midterm elections, they`re going to shut down this Committee or reverse it and…

Most voters in Pennsylvania don’t think that there should be a total ban on abortion, which is a position that Dr. Oz has taken.