Pope Francis, seen here arriving in St. Peter’s Square for a recent general audience, continues to make news as he:

chatted this week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu, https://thetablet.org/israel-at-vatican-pope-and-netanyahu-discuss-peace-in-middle-east-and-popes-impending-visit/;

continued his efforts to “purify” the Church, https://thetablet.org/pope-purify-church-by-looking-within/;

and stirred up a controversy with his remarks about economic issues, https://thetablet.org/pope-stirs-controversy-with-words-on-economy/.