Thousands have been affected by ongoing floods in Pakistan, including the destruction of the diocese of Bishop Samson Shukardin.

Here in deep-blue Manhattan, I know a lot of people who would indeed see “religion” as a slur.

Although Pope Francis repeatedly has spoken out on behalf of the Ukrainian people, this was not the first time Ukrainian officials have been upset with Pope Francis for what they see as equating the actions of the aggressor with the victim.

Psychedelics have been seen as far worse than alcohol and cigarettes, but are they really?

For critics of the first Latin American pope, Francis’ recent expression of concern about the crackdown on Catholics in Nicaragua was too little too late.

The pope told the patriarch that “we are not clerics of the state, we cannot use the language of politics, but of Jesus.”