A New Era for the World’s Billion Catholics

A new Pope has been chosen by the conclave.

But how much can one man, even one appointed by the Holy Spirit, do to transform one of the most powerful institutions in the world?

Richard Hames spoke to Matthew Sitman of the Know Your Enemy podcast about what role the church can play in our crisis-ridden age, and the contradictions of being a gay – and socialist – convert to Catholicism.

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