• 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

    How a low-profile priest transformed into Pope Francis

    Sep 22, 2015 12:12 AM EDT

    ... beginning? STEPHEN SCHNECK, The Catholic University of America: He's, you know, a second-generation immigrant. And I think the immigrant experience of Italians in Argentina was unique. And Argentine history was one of the shaping factors here. It's a different history than the United States, and, you know ...

  • 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

    ... center in East Harlem, the poorest part of Manhattan and the one with the closest ties to Latin America, home to Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Argentinean Jesuit priest now known as Pope Francis. MELISSA MARK-VIVERITO, Speaker , New York City Council: And just south of this district, we have the ...

  • 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

    ... for the first time in March 2014 at the Vatican, and Obama has been outspoken about his admiration for the 78-year-old native of Argentina. Despite differences over abortion, the two have found common ground on such issues as U.S. policy toward Cuba and Iran, climate change, and ...

  • The artists we lost in 2014

    The artists we lost in 2014

    Dec 31, 2014 02:06 PM EDT

    ... list below is in chronological order of their death. We know there were many others who made a mark on the world but didn’t make it on to this list. La Scala, Berlin Philharmonic conductor Claudio Abbado dies at 80 While lauded for his extraordinary skills, Italian conductor Claudio ...

  • 22 countries where voting is mandatory

    22 countries where voting is mandatory

    Nov 03, 2014 08:01 PM EDT

    ... one-third fewer U.S. voters show up to the polls during a midterm election than a presidential election. However, 22 nations around the world make voting mandatory for its citizens, often starting at age 18, according to the CIA World Factbook. Several of these countries are in Latin America ...

  • Viewers respond to report on the risk of soccer concussions for kids

    Viewers respond to report on the risk of soccer concussions for kids

    Oct 26, 2014 08:45 PM EDT

    ... HARI SREENIVASAN: And now to Viewers Like You: Your feedback about some of our recent work. We heard from many of you about our report last night examining whether soccer is safe, given the thousands of concussions that occur every year after kids use their heads to make contact ...

  • Celebrating 8 years of Twitter with 8 superlative tweets

    Celebrating 8 years of Twitter with 8 superlative tweets

    Jul 15, 2014 07:27 PM EDT

    Today is the anniversary of Twitter’s public launch. To celebrate this anniversary we've rounded up eight Twitter superlatives. Here are a few of the tweets (and accounts) that we felt earned a title in this past year.

  • World Cup is an accomplishment for Brazil, despite losses and costs

    World Cup is an accomplishment for Brazil, despite losses and costs

    Jul 15, 2014 12:05 AM EDT

    While Germany celebrated it 1-0 win over Argentina in the final game of the 2014 World Cup, Brazil faced its loss and the high cost of hosting. Judy Woodruff talks to Tommy Smyth of ESPN and Matthew Futterman of The Wall Street Journal from Rio Janeiro about the legacy of this year’s tournament, and the...