"The defense of human beings knows no barriers," says Pope Francis in a conversation with the Italian journal Libertàcivili.

The strikes hit the government-controlled Shayrat air base in central Syria, where U.S. officials say the Syrian military planes that dropped the chemicals had taken off.

The U-turn on environmental policies comes as evidence mounts that climate change has already caused significant damage, from killing large sections of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to causing severe drought in Africa.

Clinton may have narrowly won the Catholic vote, but there were huge differences between Hispanics and non-Hispanics.

The U.S. State Department's will no longer contribute to the U.N. Population Fund because of the agency's involvement in China's "one-child policy."

Looking at the period 2010-2015, the global Catholic population increased by 7.4 percent.