The pope's words come as the peace process to end a 45-year-old conflict between the government and separatist rebels seems to have stalled.

After Pope Francis opens the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 8, the 50th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council, Holy Doors will be opened in all the cathedrals of the world on Dec. 13.

Father David Kelly is a leading proponent of a concept called “restorative justice.” It’s an approach that includes bringing perpetrators and victims together, and involving their families and community in a joint effort to repair the harm done by a crime.

Opposition to the bombing included that of many faith-groups.

Background checks are important, but to some degree peripheral to the larger issues of the sheer volume and penetration of firearms in American society today.

The South African paralympian will return to prison after an appeals court found him guilty of murder for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.