What would my students think about Islam if they learned about the religion by way of cable news?

Goodlands is mapping the Catholic Church. Yes, all of it.

Cardinal Parolin said he had seen the most recent video attributed to Islamic State in which the pope and Vatican are threatened.

An interview with Drew Christiansen, S.J.

“We carry in our hearts the pain of the acts of terrorism that in these last days have caused numerous victims.”

“Religious persecution and intolerance remains far too prevalent,” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said.

Detainees can languish in harsh and bleak conditions for years at a time, with little certainty as to their fate.

Michael Peppard reviews "Destroyer of the Gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World" by Larry W. Hurtado.

Many have simply walked from the city to the desert camps, a distance of 20 to 30 kilometers, says Mr. El-Mahdi. Now they confront hunger, thirst and the desert’s unforgiving sun. “The summer heat is brutal.”

Here's a look at some of the major sites destroyed by IS in Iraq and Syria.