Why can the United States and the world community not do more to end Syria’s civil war?

People unaffiliated with any religion constitute nearly 20 percent of the American public, making them almost as numerous as Catholics.

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.”