There is Pope Francis with angelic wings, smiling beatifically on the cover of the New Yorker magazine wherein...
Dec 13, 2013
On the road to zero: Ending preventable child deaths
WASHINGTON – On a June morning in 2012, international power brokers, doctors, and at least one Hollywood movie...
Sep 05, 2013
World Youth Day: Pope Francis gets warm welcome in Brazil with tough task ahead
BY TOM HENNIGAN RIO DE JANEIRO — When Pope Benedict said Mass in São Paulo during a trip...
Jul 25, 2013
Picturing a global church
The face of the Catholic Church is changing--not just in the Vatican, but in the makeup of adherents...
May 12, 2013
‘Heaven and hell’ side by side in Burma
Editor’s Note: In the parlance of golf, it’s called ‘playing through.’ And the phrase seems a fitting way...
Apr 08, 2013
In Palm Beach, Donald Trump’s exclusive golf resort sits next to county jail
Editor’s Note: In the parlance of golf, it’s called ‘playing through.’ And the phrase seems a fitting way...
Apr 08, 2013
Irish Catholics continue to flee the church
BY DIANE WINSTON BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Malachi O’Doherty says his nieces and nephews are helpless at funerals....
Mar 26, 2013
Mapping a Decline in Child Mortality
It’s not all bad news in the global effort to reduce child mortality. In fact, the number of...
Mar 21, 2013
US finds Sunni-Shia rift difficult to navigate
WASHINGTON — A decade after the United States’ invasion of Iraq ignited a season of deadly bloodletting between Sunni...
Mar 18, 2013
The significance of Pope Francis, first Jesuit pontiff
ROME – This was an historic papal transition from the very start. It was the first time in...
Mar 15, 2013