How does a culture change its mind? What makes an entire people repudiate a position once held with blithe certainty?

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced that the United States would work to see that Haiti's indebtedness was forgiven.

A new report says the United States must broaden its view of the role of religion in other countries beyond counterterrorism strategies.

“We can’t let our world food and energy prices be determined by the whims of investors,” said Maryknoll's David Kane.

The apologies reflect General Stanley McChrystal’s new strategy that prioritizes winning over the civilian population.

Snark is the final frontier for the age of irony, the last word for a generation that prides itself on having the last word.

“The American people are tired of partisan bickering and want lawmakers to find common ground," said Sister Carol Keehan of the Catholic Health Association.

Bishop Peter Kihara Kariuki of drought-afflicted Marsabit, Kenya, said his diocese has been struggling with the “deadly effects of global warming for years now.”