Editor's note

What do Argentineans think of Pope Francis, a once-conservative native son who's now trending towards a more progressive view on Catholicism? You can find that story and other great Arts + Culture coverage from around the world, including a feminist critique of Wonder Woman, here on The Conversation Global.

Catesby Holmes

Global Commissioning Editor

Mass inside the church dedicated to our Lady of Good Health in Valenkanni, Tamil Nadu. D.Fernandes

How the Virgin Mary brings together different faiths in Pakistan and India

Donna Fernandes, Habib University

A common place of worship in India and Pakistan offers solace and bonds religious minorities in Pakistan.

Women are driving the declining rate of marriage in China. Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

China's marriage rate is plummeting – and it's because of gender inequality

Xuan Li, NYU Shanghai

Chinese parents and the state are concerned about the declining marriage rate in the country. But the focus on single men ignores the root of the problem.

All papacies are political, and Pope Francis’s is no exception. Max Rossi/Reuters

Married priests and female deacons? What the Pope's politics look like from Latin America

Verónica Giménez Béliveau, University of Buenos Aires

The Pope hasn't actually opened the door for married priests. But in rethinking celibacy, he has shown his mastery of the art of containing people without actually making big changes to the Church.

An Indian coalmine worker walks along the Stilwell Road after a day’s work in Ledo town, at the Indian-Burmese border. Adnan Abidi/Reuters

The abandoned route through India, Myanmar and China: why the Stilwell Road should be restored

Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

The Pangsau Pass between Burma and India illustrates the complex issue of borders in the region.

The Lebanese government banned Wonder Woman just hours before its scheduled domestic release.

Wonder Woman: feminist icon or symbol of oppression?

Lina Abirafeh, Lebanese American University

Why haven't feminists noted that the film is too Western and too white?