• Obama to raise human rights during historic trip to Cuba

    Obama to raise human rights during historic trip to Cuba

    Feb 18, 2016 01:25 PM EDT

    ... travel to Cuba if he could speak to all kinds of groups -- including those that oppose the Castro government. From Cuba, Obama will travel to Argentina, where he'll meet with new President Mauricio Macri, the White House said. Word of his travel plans drew immediate resistance from opponents of ...

  • WHO alarmed at spread of Zika virus and risk of deformities in babies

    WHO alarmed at spread of Zika virus and risk of deformities in babies

    Jan 28, 2016 04:32 PM EDT

    ... be caused by a population without immunity to the disease and the potential vast area of the spread from the southern United States to northern Argentina. The virus is spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which typically live in tropical and subtropical regions in the world. They also are known to ...

  • The nation's first Hispanic president?  Why no one's talking about that

    The nation's first Hispanic president? Why no one's talking about that

    Dec 24, 2015 10:33 PM EDT

    ... to do with the candidates. According to census data, the five largest Hispanic groups in the U.S. -- Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Salvadorans and Dominicans -- make up 84 percent of the overall Hispanic population. But members of those groups, and immigrants from other Central and South American countries, do not ...

  • Pope Francis discusses family and women's rights in Philadelphia

    Pope Francis discusses family and women's rights in Philadelphia

    Sep 26, 2015 03:52 PM EDT

    ... a much more active role for lay Catholics. "It means valuing the immense contribution in which women, lay and religious, have made and continue to make to the life of our communities," he said. Francis has repeatedly said women should have a greater role in church leadership, although he has ...

  • Struggling Catholic schools seek ways to set themselves apart

    Struggling Catholic schools seek ways to set themselves apart

    Sep 25, 2015 12:31 AM EDT

    ... she knows quite a bit about him. NGUEUBOU KAMWA, Student: And his real name is actually Jorge Mario Bergoglio. I know that he's from Argentina. And that he lives in Vatican City. APRIL BROWN: Seventh-grader Jade Fuentes has also been studying the life of the pontiff. JADE FUENTES ...

  • Affirming American values, Pope Francis urges empathy in Congress

    Affirming American values, Pope Francis urges empathy in Congress

    Sep 25, 2015 12:14 AM EDT

    NICHOLSON: That would make him a saint. JUDY WOODRUFF: Do you see follow-up? SISTER SIMONE CAMPBELL: It would probably make him a saint, I really think we have hard work ahead too -- because we have a nanosecond memory in this town. And so what we're doing is, next ...

  • Column: I didn’t choose my Mormon faith, but slowly and surely it has chosen me

    Column: I didn’t choose my Mormon faith, but slowly and surely it has chosen me

    Sep 22, 2015 03:23 PM EDT

    ... us, helping us to know. There were moments in my service as bishop, presiding over a decidedly atypical congregation of West Africans and Central Americans, Argentines and Tongans, Filipinos and yes, a Daughter of the Utah Pioneers or two, watching another generation of earnestly chaotic teenage boys in wrinkly white ...

  • How a low-profile priest transformed into Pope Francis
  • Why Pope Francis wants us to stop worshipping capitalism

    Why Pope Francis wants us to stop worshipping capitalism

    Sep 18, 2015 12:25 AM EDT

    Pope Francis has bluntly criticized global capitalism for causing environmental destruction and tragic consequences for world's poorest citizens. Ahead of the pontiff's first visit to the United States, economics correspondent Paul Solman takes a closer look at his economic beliefs.

  • For White House visit, pomp and protocol await Pope Francis

    For White House visit, pomp and protocol await Pope Francis

    Sep 13, 2015 04:49 PM EDT

    When Pope Francis arrives in the U.S. on Sept. 22, he'll get an airport welcome that few world leaders have ever received: a plane-side greeting from President Obama, which is just the beginning of the pomp and protocol that Washington will put on display to welcome the popular leader.