Christian and Muslim leaders called two bomb blasts in Jakarta on July 17 "uncivilized acts" and urged the police to apprehend the culprits.
We think that a return to the country at this time could unleash a bloodbath, said Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga.
Pope Benedict XVI underwent a procedure under local anesthesia to repair a fractured right wrist.
In addition to giving Obama a copy of his latest encyclical, the pope also presented a copy of a recent Vatican document on biomedical ethics.
The Catholic social tradition, President Obama said, still impresses me, and it can be a powerful force still in American society.
Catholic bishops from Spain's Basque region kept quiet about the killing of priests by right-wing forces during the Spanish Civil War.
Supreme Court candidate Sonia Sotomayor took on detailed questions about court cases both famous and arcane.