Pope Francis' Year of Mercy comes at a good time for Colombia, as the country is pondering issues of forgiveness and mercy.

"This [H.H.S.] administrative ruling fails to respect...the will of Congress and the rule of law."

As an outsider I find myself terribly inspired by this attempt at a community of nations.

The church is vibrant and 25 percent of the population of Africa, which is now 1.2 billion, is under the age of 25.

"It's so important to save our children...We need to put down the guns and just love each other."

“Like a Loving Mother” from Pope Francis addresses clerical sexual abuse in a systemic and holistic way.

Self-interest, petty nationalisms and fears about immigration have completely elbowed out any discussion of the higher ideals of the E.U.

Its truest purveyors are neither elite nor even much noticed.

An interview with the author of "The Manthropologist Blog"

The challenge is to rise from having empathy for a few to having empathy for many.

The clashes are the latest flashpoint in an ongoing battle for control of public education in Oaxaca, where the union is resisting government attempts to implement national education reforms passed under President Enrique Pena Nieto.

The call for more force in Syria has unsettling echoes of the Vietnam War.

The site—www.laudatosi.va—"witnesses not only to the impact of the encyclical, but also the creativity and generosity of the people of God everywhere in the world."

The God of second chances is a strong figure in prison.

A divided Supreme Court bolstered police powers on Monday, ruling that evidence of a crime in some cases may be used against a defendant even if the police did something wrong or illegal in obtaining it.The 5-3 decision drew heated dissents from liberal justices who warned that the ou

"If you ask me today which direction am I leaning more toward—ancient text or a modern forgery—based on this new evidence, I'm leaning toward modern forgery."

Bishops of dioceses which themselves fell victim to mass shootings in recent years were among the flood of Catholic leaders offering condolences and consolation to survivors and family members of the victims of the mass shooting on June 12 at a gay nightclub attack in Orlando, Florida.The mass shoot

"Refugees are people like everyone, but war took away their home, work, relatives and friends," Pope Francis said.

"This is our winter," said Shannon Clancy, chief philanthropy officer for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Phoenix. "Out West when the heat turns up, the need actually increases."

Some may shake their head today, wondering why their friends from Ohio are this excited over a game.