Does every age get the Pope it needs and deserves writes theologian Fr Eamonn Conway A year into the pontificate of Pope Francis, Charles Chaput, then Archbishop of Philadelphia, commented, “G.K. Chesterton said that every age gets the saint it needs. Not the saint people want, but the saint they need; the saint who’s the…
An age of responsibility and risk for the Church
Pope Leo XIV greets visitors and pilgrims from the popemobile as he rides around St Peter’s Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience June 11, 2025. Photo: CNS/Lola Gomez.

