There was more evidence of a Francis Effect on religious leadership today with the release of a declaration on climate change meant “to engage the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims on the issue of our time.”

Belleville's bishop reflects on Ferguson, Sandra Bland and #BlackLivesMatter

A year after ISIS stormed across Nineveh, survivors wonder when, or if, they will ever be able to return home.

Here's the "probable cause" behind one of the thousands of U.S. gun homicides

Bibi, 49, and the mother of five, has been behind bars for the last six years.

The Savile scandal, much like Cosby’s, reveals the pernicious privilege of celebrity.

How did a simple traffic stop spiral out of control so quickly, and what does it tell us about how policing works?

'We are not owners of the earth. We are its stewards.'

Bombings and clashes between security and protestors claimed the lives of two people.

Francis is not planning to allow "Laudato Si'" to suffer fate of other papal documents