ROME – This was an historic papal transition from the very start. It was the first time in...
Mar 15, 2013
Evangelicals challenge Catholic Church’s dominance in Brazil
BY TOM HENNIGAN SAO PAOLO, Brazil — When Pope Francis makes his first scheduled overseas trip to the world’s...
Mar 15, 2013
Saudi youth fighting against Assad regime in Syria
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Following a circuitous route from here up through Turkey or Jordan and then crossing...
Mar 13, 2013
Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected pope: White smoke rising in St. Peter’s Square
ROME — White smoke rose over a packed and rain-soaked St. Peter's Square and an enormous roar went...
Mar 13, 2013
First Latin American pope speaks softly and carries an allegedly dark past
BY JOHN OTIS CARACAS, Venezuela — The 266th pope, and the first ever from Latin America, has one...
Mar 13, 2013
For a new pope, issues of a global church
ROME — As the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel Tuesday afternoon for the opening round of votes in...
Mar 12, 2013
Mother Tekla: The most powerful woman in Rome
ROME, Italy — If the leadership of American nuns is the vanguard of a progressive spirit up against...
Mar 05, 2013
In India, water and inequality are intertwined
by Sonya Fatah Comparing the Divide: Fernley, Nevada and New Delhi, India struggle with distribution of resources. In...
Mar 04, 2013
After the housing boom, opportunity dries up in Fernley, Nevada
Comparing the Divide: Fernley, Nevada and New Delhi, India struggle with distribution of resources. In both of these...
Mar 04, 2013