Jul 31 Live Twitter Chat: Changing Perspectives within the Catholic Church PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats each Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. EDT. Join us @NewsHour using the hashtag #NewsHourChats. Photo by Servizio Fotografico L'Osservatore Romano via Getty Images. On the way home from his seven-day… Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch Pope Francis Strikes Tolerant Tone in Remarks on Gay Catholics On a flight home from a trip from Brazil, Pope Francis directly answered a range of questions from the press. To one question the pontiff responded: "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will,… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch Using Simple Language, Pope Francis Helps Shift Conversation About the Vatican The pope's remarks on gay Catholics may suggest a shift in acceptance, but not a change in church policy or teaching. Judy Woodruff talks to John Allen of The National Catholic Reporter, who has been covering the pontiff's trip to… Continue watching
Jul 24 Watch Francis Greeted With Jubilant Reception in Rio on First Trip as Pope Francis Greeted With Jubilant Reception in Rio on First Trip as Pope… Continue watching
Jul 12 My Eight Seconds With the ‘Hugging Saint’ PBS NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni's program and "hugging token" for her visit to a revered guru known as the "hugging saint." Amma, a 60-year-old South Indian woman who has hugged more than 32 million people to promote love,… Continue reading
Jul 05 How Imperfect Popes Can Still Become Saints Despite church scandals and restrictive rules, the late Popes John Paul II and John the XXXIII could be canonized before the end of this year. Ray Suarez spoke with Michael Sean Winters of the National Catholic Reporter about sainthood in… Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch News Wrap: Two Former Popes Will Be Made Saints In other news Friday, Pope Francis cleared the way for Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II to be made saints. Also, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill into law requiring women seeking abortions to first have an… Continue watching
Jul 05 What Does It Take to Make a Modern Saint? Pope John Paul II blesses a young man. There is speculation that he and Pope John XXIII may become saints before the year is out. Photo by James L. Stanfield/National Geographic/Getty Images. This week word came from Vatican City,… Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch Newly Released Documents Show Milwaukee Archdiocese Shielded Pedophile Priests Newly Released Documents Show Milwaukee Archdiocese Shielded Pedophile Priests… Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch For One Gay Christian, a Search for Understanding While Hanging on to Faith For One Gay Christian, a Search for Understanding While Hanging on to Faith… Continue watching