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Carlos Barria / Reuters Catholics Are Desperate for Tangible Reforms on Clergy Sex Abuse
Pope Francis says he supports a “zero-tolerance” policy, but some insist those words are not enough.
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Tami Chappell / Reuters The Pope's Groundbreaking Rejection of the Death Penalty
In a revised version of the Catechism, the punishment is deemed unacceptable in all cases.
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Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP The Trump Administration Convenes the ‘Super Bowl’ of Religious Freedom
The event has sent a strong message that the U.S. wants to spread democratic values—if only the president will cooperate.
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Ronen Zvulun / Reuters Israel's New Law Inflames the Core Tension in Its Identity
Critics, especially Jews in the diaspora, see it as a definitive declaration in favor of a Jewish identity at the expense of a democratic one.
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Gregory Bull / AP Recording: Hear the Voices of Children Detained at the Border
They scream “Mami” and “Papá” over and over again, as if those are the only words they know.
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Andrew Harnik / AP A Reckoning for Obama's Foreign-Policy Legacy
Veterans of the last administration are learning a hard lesson: Policies constructed by executive order and executive agreement are just as easily blown up by them.
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Baz Ratner / Reuters Celebration in Jerusalem, Bloodshed in Gaza
The new American embassy opens during a chaotic and violent week in the Middle East—and it's just the beginning.
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Mykola Lazarenko / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / ... Ukraine’s Successful Courtship of Trump
Trump was convinced to sell lethal weapons to Ukraine thanks in part to a savvy charm offensive from Kiev—but the deal may be more bark than bite.
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Alex Brandon / AP The Humbling of Mike Pompeo
President Trump’s pick to replace Rex Tillerson could become the first secretary of state to win confirmation over the objections of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Win McNamee / Reuters What Bill Clinton Could Teach President Trump About Dealmaking
As Trump prepares to sit down with Kim Jong Un, he’d do well to consider Clinton’s unorthodox approach to crafting the Good Friday Agreement, which ended the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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Thomas Peter / AP A Trade War With China May Be Inevitable
The interests of the U.S. and China are set to collide, for the simple reason that the Chinese recognize that they find themselves in a profoundly unfavorable position.
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Stringer France / Reuters Billy Graham, the Great Uniter, Leaves Behind a Divided Evangelicalism
The preacher, dead at 99, advised presidents, mentored clergy, and influenced millions of people. Will his legacy of non-partisan outreach continue?
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Haim Zach GPO This Is Not the Israel Trip Mike Pence Had Planned
The U.S. vice president promised peace in the country’s newly recognized capital, but his itinerary showed that a deal is far beyond reach.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters 'An Assault on the Body of the Church’
Catholic parishes have been hit hard by President Trump’s decision to suspend Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans.
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AP How the Tet Offensive Undermined American Faith in Government
Fifty years ago, the January 1968 battle laid bare the way U.S. leaders had misled the public about the war in Vietnam.
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Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters Death Comes for Cardinal Law
The face of Catholicism’s clergy sexual-abuse scandal is laid to rest in Rome—but his legacy still haunts the American church.
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Ammar Awad / Reuters Trump Did Not Bring Jerusalem Crashing Down
In the Palestinian area of the city, many people just want to get on with their lives.
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Ammar Awad / Reuters ‘Jerusalem Is Not the Explosive Device—It’s the Detonator’
President Trump’s announcement on the status of the holy city could spark a crisis across the Middle East.
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Library of Congress What Is a 'Proactive Cooperator'?
Former Trump foreign-policy aide George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents during the Russia investigation, may have been secretly cooperating with investigators for months.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Mike Pence Promises to Defend Christians in the Middle East
The vice president announced that the administration will shift aid from the United Nations to the U.S. Agency for International Development. He’ll also visit the region in late December.
