NEWS OF THE WEEK
A second round of Syria peace talks got underway in Geneva this week, but they were immediately bogged down in bitterness and disagreements. Meanwhile, in Syria, continuing violence disrupted humanitarian efforts to rescue civilians and deliver food to besieged areas. … More
The Middle East peace process will be on the agenda when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the President at the White House on March 3. The administration announced the meeting this week, saying the two leaders will also discuss … More
Religious leaders in the Central African Republic issued new calls for an end to the widespread sectarian violence plaguing that country. Two leading religious figures from the nation’s capital of Bangui, an archbishop and an imam, have been traveling the … More
Family members of Kenneth Bae, an American Christian missionary who has been jailed in North Korea for almost a year-and-a-half, renewed calls for his freedom. Bae was arrested in November 2012 after leading a tour group into North Korea. The … More
It was one year ago this week that Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world by announcing his resignation. He was the first pope in the modern era to resign. A year later, the retired pope is said to be in … More
Pope Francis’s global popularity continues to soar. According to a new poll by the Spanish-language broadcaster Univision, 87 percent of Catholics around the world rate the pope’s job performance as “excellent” or “good.” But the survey of more than 12,000 … More
The federal government will soon grant the same rights and benefits to gay married couples as it does to heterosexual couples. The new policy announced this week will give same-sex marriages “full and equal recognition to the greatest extent possible … More
The church trial of a prominent United Methodist pastor who performed his son’s same-sex wedding has been indefinitely postponed. Reverend Thomas Ogletree, who is the retired dean of the Yale Divinity School, was set to face trial on March 10 … More
Abraham Foxman is retiring next year, after 27 years as National Director of the Anti-Defamation League. At the ADL, the outspoken Holocaust survivor has fought anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance. He became one of the country’s most prominent Jewish … More
In a highly critical new report, a United Nations panel accused the Vatican of systematically putting protection of the church’s reputation above the welfare of children who were sexually abused by priests. The nonbinding report by the UN Committee on … More
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