In just over two decades Niger has cut its rate of infant mortality in half, highlighting the benefits of universal free health care.
Peace talks were scheduled to begin on Oct. 5 in Norway, between the Colombian government and members of the F.A.R.C. guerrillas.
On Oct. 20 the Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) Vatican Foundation will honor the American Jesuit Brian E. Daley, a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame.
Both major candidates have kept Afghanistan on the rhetorical back burner.
Responding to hurricanes “goes right to the heart of what the church does because storms don’t just destroy buildings, they...destroy families and communities.”