President Obama visited Pope Francis for the first time this week (March 27).”The principal focus of the meeting was talking about issues of peace, international issues, and also talking about how to help poor people, how to help the marginalized all over the world,” says Father Tom Reese, an authority on the Vatican and senior analyst for National Catholic Reporter. “This is an area where the pope and President Obama are on the same page.” More →

March 28, 2014

Read and watch more of Kim Lawton’s interview with Jeni Stepanek, who says her son, best-selling poet and speaker Mattie Stepanek, had “a universal message–give and you shall receive.” More →

November 13, 2009

Read more of Bob Abernethy’s interview in Cambridge, Massachusetts with theologian and Harvard professor Harvey Cox. More →

September 25, 2009

Read more of Bob Abernethy’s interview with Reverend Forrest Church: Q: There came a day in 2006 when you received a call from your physician. Tell me the story. A: He called right after I’d had a barium esophagram and … More →

February 27, 2009

Read more of Kim Lawton’s October 14, 2008 interview with University of Oklahoma professor Allen Hertzke, a visiting fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, on religion and America’s role in the world: Q: How do people’s … More →

October 24, 2008

Editor’s note: Dr. McCullough died in Maine on June 3, 2016. He was 72. Read a Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly e-mail interview with Dr. Dennis McCullough, author of MY MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER: EMBRACING SLOW MEDICINE, THE COMPASSIONATE APPROACH TO CARING … More →

August 15, 2008

Read more of Kim Lawton’s interview at the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury with Bishop Tom Shaw of Massachusetts: Q: What has been your impression here at Lambeth, in the midst of so much diversity? A: I think my impression overall … More →

August 1, 2008

Read more of Kim Lawton’s interview with the Reverend Eric Dudley, rector of St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Tallahassee, Florida: Q: How did your parish come to be associated with the Anglican Church of Uganda? Rev. Eric Dudley A: As … More →

July 18, 2008

Read more of Kim Lawton’s March 12, 2008 interview with the Reverend Victoria Sirota, Canon Pastor and Vicar of the Congregation at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in New York City. More →

March 21, 2008

Washington Post science writer Rick Weiss discusses the practical and ethical questions raised by recent embryonic stem cell research, including efforts in Britain to clone human embryos using eggs from other species. More →

January 25, 2008