Addressing 90 experts from many countries, Francis said that “all people have a right to safe drinking water.”

Canada's diverging efforts—moving environmentally unfriendly bitumen south while seeking to contain carbon use up north—highlight the nation’s conflicted approach to energy and ecology.

An appearance at the Vatican is often used by supporters to signal papal support for an individual or a cause, but the reality is far more complex.

The pope welcomed the news that La Civilta Cattolica will now be published in English.

"The dynamic has changed," said Serrin Foster. "People can’t force us into a box anymore."

"Allowing the plunder and destruction of God's wondrous creation to support the greed of a few is morally, spiritually and ethically wrong."

If love of country is a virtue and a moral obligation, the nationalistic impulse itself has no moral identity.

Jude Law gives us a nuanced portrait of a too easily satirized character: the Catholic cleric.

Canadians will have to confront a difficult question: Is water a common good or a private commodity?