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…
It seemed like nearly all of Washington, D.C., and visitors beyond waited with bated breath for Pope Francis' first visit to America.
Read Pope Francis' remarks to Congress as prepared for delivery on Thursday and released by the Vatican press office.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Yom Kippur is the last and most important of Judaism's 10 High Holy Days, which begin on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Faith is a little like potato salad, or Thanksgiving dressing: everyone has a favorite recipe; everyone is convinced that their recipe is the only way to do it properly; and everyone is horrified by the absolute mess everybody else makes…
