Al Jazeera English
| Mar 28, 2013
Thousands of teachers in the third-largest US city of Chicago are protesting against plans to shut down schools in poor neighborhoods. The city's council said the closures are needed to plug a $1bn dollar budget gap. Critics of Chicago Mayor Rahm ...
Al Jazeera English
| Mar 13, 2013
The Vatican's Sistine Chapel chimney has released white smoke and church bells rang indicating that a new leader of the 1.2bn Catholic Church has been elected after the second day of secret deliberations.
Thousands of people gathered at the rain-...
Voice of America
| Mar 11, 2013
Many angry and bitter sex abuse victims have lost faith that the Catholic Church is going to turn things around from business as usual, and they're not particularly optimistic about great things from the new pope to be chosen in the Vatican. One v...
Al Jazeera English
| Mar 10, 2013
Final preparations are being made at the Vatican for the election of a new Catholic pope. And as Roman Catholics keep a close eye on the ballot, the church's place in today's society is also under scrutiny. So too is its relationship with th...
NETWORK Executive Director Sr. Simone Campbell on the Pontiff's resignation taking effect at 2:00pm ET.
Along with his papal authority, Pope Benedict XVI relinquishes his twitter handle. WSJ's Jason Bellini has the story of his not-infallible tweeting...
Watch scenes from Pope Benedict XVI's departure from the Vatican.
Pope Benedict XVI departs Vatican City for the last time as leader of the billion-member Roman Catholic Church. WSJ Rome bureau chief Alessandra Ga...
After leaving the Vatican this morning, outgoing Pope Benedict XVI took a scenic helicopter flight over Rome.