In a rare television interview, this visionary author, environmentalist and farmer discusses a sensible, but no-compromise plan to save the Earth.

Reflecting the reality of our times, the pope has released his first major work, urging global leaders to fight poverty and growing inequality.

It’s rare for women’s health supporters to go on the offensive, but a group of Senate Democrats are saying enough is enough.

Secular businesses are claiming a First Amendment right to deny their employees contraceptive coverage.

Paul Krugman, Wendell Berry and Sister Simone Campbell were among those awarded with a Four Freedoms Medal.

Earlier this week, the leader of Nuns on the Bus made a pilgrimage to Capitol Hill to ask Congress to stand up for the common good and end the shutdown.

Ahead of the day of unplugging starting today at sundown, some advice from Tibetan Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön on the value of turning off our electronic devices.

An interfaith group of approximately 150 clergy leaders, locked out workers and people of faith, marched on Capitol Hill yesterday to urge Congress to end the shutdown.

The historian explains how a fascination with America led curiosity-driven Europeans to move beyond church dogma in the pursuit of knowledge that reshaped their understanding of the world.

Lost in the discussion of the government shutdown is the millions of poor Americans -- many of them children -- who are hurt when the federal agencies stop functioning.