“Sport transcends the level of pure physicality and takes us into the arena of the spirit and even of mystery.”

Haitian Senator Nenel Cassy described the situation as “truly catastrophic.”

A question about the candidates' faith provoked a conversation about how political figures should balance religious beliefs in the public square.

"From the first moment, I felt the need to be here,” the pope said.

In regions where the fighting and suffering has been the most intense, voters said “yes” to the accord by overwhelming margins.

Nebraska voters face an electoral oddity in November; they are not being asked to repeal the death penalty, but to bring it back.