With world peace under serious threat, Pope Francis called on all nations to observe the Olympic truce and cease all conflicts for the traditional period before, during and after the Olympic Games in Paris.

While moviegoers need not take shelter from this long-distance follow-up — which is only loosely connected to its predecessor — neither will it transport them over the rainbow.

Sometimes the words we rattle off without thinking are precisely the place to pause and reflect.

Conversations about the role of women in the church and their ministerial functions are still being held at the highest levels of the Vatican.

The frog could have crossed the road at any time, but it just happened to leap when we were in that particular spot.