Politics & Society

The U.S. Supreme Court is bedeviled by never-ending questions about capital punishment that underscore the practice’s capriciousness and cruelty.

The pope will visit a section of Romania with a large ethnic Hungarian population—and a Marian shrine that has attracted allies of the autocratic, anti-migrant Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán.

Trump says in a tweet that he offered "condolences from the People of the United States for the horrible and destructive fire."

The best way to approach things is to find allies in the Islamic world who share a vision of tolerance and openness and who recognize the concept of the Abrahamic religions as having a common core of beliefs.

The blaze collapsed the cathedral's spire and spread to one of its landmark rectangular towers.

The humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and the urgent need for assistance for those escaping the political and social turmoil is nearly overwhelming efforts of various faith groups in trying to alleviate the situation.