Sep 27 Watch 3:43 Pope Francis ends landmark U.S. visit amid fanfare, skepticism By PBS News Hour On the last day of his first visit to the United States, Pope Francis met privately and apologized on Sunday to survivors of sexual abuse by priests and others in Philadelphia. NewsHour's Stephen Fee, who has been covering the Pope's… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch 9:02 Meet the new priests of the Catholic church By PBS News Hour Pope Francis' visit to the U.S. comes at a time when U.S. Catholic church attendance has plummeted, yet since Francis' elevation to the papacy in 2013, there has been an uptick in the number of men becoming priests. Pope Francis… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch 3:18 NYC lines up for Francis, the pope who shut down 5th Avenue By PBS News Hour After giving a speech to a joint session of Congress and visiting the poor in the nation’s capital, Pope Francis flew on to New York, where he’ll address the United Nations General Assembly, among other appearances. Hari Sreenivasan joins Gwen… Continue watching
Sep 24 Photos: A city stands still for Pope Francis By Colleen Shalby It seemed like nearly all of Washington, D.C., and visitors beyond waited with bated breath for Pope Francis' first visit to America. Continue reading
Sep 24 Full text of Pope Francis' remarks to Congress By Larisa Epatko Read Pope Francis' remarks to Congress as prepared for delivery on Thursday and released by the Vatican press office. Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch 6:11 Will the pope's visit to Congress bring a political miracle of unity? By PBS News Hour When Pope Francis addresses a joint meeting of Congress, he'll speak from the same podium where Father Patrick Conroy, chaplain of the House of Representatives, delivers the opening prayer each morning. Father Pat joins Gwen Ifill to reflect on the… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch 8:39 Pope Francis draws big crowds and high spirits in Washington By PBS News Hour Thousands turned out Wednesday to experience Pope Francis' visit to Washington. At the White House and at Mass held at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the pontiff addressed the urgency of global warming, respect for traditional marriage and… Continue watching
Sep 23 Pope canonizes 18th-century missionary; not everyone happy By Ben Nuckols, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- In the first canonization on U.S. soil, Pope Francis has elevated to sainthood an 18th-century missionary who brought Catholicism to the American West Coast. Continue reading
Sep 23 Column: Here's the church; here's the steeple. Open the doors — where's all the people? By Wendy Thomas Russell Sometimes it seems as though America is hemorrhaging religion. According to the 2014 General Social Survey, 7.5 million adults — about 3 percent of all adults in this country — severed religious ties between 2012 and 2014. Think of… Continue reading
Sep 22 Why we carry these tokens of faith By Joshua Barajas Faith is an intangible force, an intensely personal connection with one's beliefs. For many, religious faith is manifested in the items they keep close to them -- a book, a prayer card, a piece of jewelry. For Catholics, it can… Continue reading