Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga called young people between 18 and 24 “an amazing pool of talent we must tap into if we are to relieve poverty in our lifetime.”

The 2012 Farm Bill became a casualty of this election season’s often rancorous budget debate.

In a speech to the UN, President Obama argued that in protecting free speech, even blasphemy must be tolerated.

A new study notes an uptick on social intolerance and government restrictions on religion around the world and in the United States between 2009 and mid-2010.

About 3,000 students at Fordham University cheered as the comedian Stephen Colbert joined Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York and James Martin, S.J., in a discussion of faith, humor and spirituality.

Archbishop Dominique Mamberti called for the creation of a nuclear weapons free zone in the Middle East and elsewhere to demonstrate that “global security must not rely on nuclear weapons.”