Americans' confidence in the major U.S. institutions continues to lag below historical averages, with two institutions – religion and newspapers -- dropping to record lows this year, a new poll reveals.
Pope Francis has appealed for the care of migrants in Bulgaria which has not recently been welcoming of them, but his words during a trip seeking church unity riled a senior cleric in the dominant Orthodox Church in the eastern European nation.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day was commemorated at UN Headquarters in New York, honoring the memory of some six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust during World War Two.
Faith leaders across the United States have released a jointly signed statement entitled "Back from the Brink: Faith leaders call for diplomacy, not war, with Iran" as tensions between the old foes have ratcheted up in recent weeks in the Gulf region.
