Pope Francis traveled to Brazil for World Youth Day this week, his first international trip since becoming pope in March. Watch our conversation about the pope's visit with Father Thomas Reese, SJ, senior analyst for the National Catholic Reporter and a visiting scholar at Santa Clara University.

He first started creating "end-of-life" artwork for his dying mother 8 years ago. After she passed away, Kahn continued painting them in her memory. The paintings of flowers and other scenes from nature, according to Sally Kaplan of the United Jewish Appeal, helps dying patients feel peace at the end of their lives.

Watch more of our interview with Valarie Kaur, Sikh activist and founding director of Groundswell, about the one year anniversary of the Sikh temple shooting in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.

In the wake of terrorist bombings by British-born Muslims in 2005, the British government set up an initiative called "Prevent" to engage with the Islamic community and to intervene before a person became radicalized. But many British Muslims feel that the policy amounts to religious profiling, and others have criticized "Prevent" for being misguided and ineffective.

There were demonstrations and vigils all across the national in reaction to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, which has promted a national conversation about race, violence, and justice. Watch our discussion with managing editor Kim Lawton and Rev. Romal Tune, founder of the non-profit group Faith for Change and author of "God's Graffiti."

Most Hispanics in the U.S. still call themselves Catholic, but more and more are joining Protestant churches, especially among the younger generation. The explosive growth of the Protestant Hispanic population can be seen in places like New Life Covenant Church in Chicago, which draws more than 17,000 worshipers every week.

For Jehovah’s Witnesses, who have a religious objection to blood transfusions, and for anyone else, many hospitals now offer bloodless surgery.

Watch our discussion with Kate Seelye, senior vice president of the non-partisan Middle East Institute, about the ongoing unrest in Egypt in the wake of Mohamed Morsi's removal from office.

Kahlil Gibran is one of the best-selling poets of all time, behind Shakespeare and Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism. His book "The Prophet," first published in 1923, has sold over 100 million copies. "He helped present an appealing mystical idea of the wisdom of the East. He was someone who helped humanize and popularize Eastern thought," says literary critic Leisl Schillinger.

“Only a couple of months ago, if you asked a garment industry owner what do you think of a union, they will say no, no unions,” says Fazle Abed of the Bangladesh Rural Affairs Committee. “But now many of them are saying yes, maybe the union is something we have to accept.”

A health clinic, youth services, and interfaith engagement constitute the social justice mission of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network, says executive director Rami Nashashibi.

One Million Bones was a public art installation of 1,000,000 hand-made bones on the National Mall in Washington, DC. It served as “a visible petition,” according to organizer The Art of Revolution, to raise awareness of genocides and atrocities around the world and to remember victims and survivors in Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burma, Somalia, and Syria.

Host Bob Abernethy discusses the Supreme Court decisions, their import, reaction to them and what it means for those affected with managing editor Kim Lawton and correspondent Tim O’Brien.

Watch our report on the widespread religious reaction to the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage.

"Within five years we will bring marriage equality to all 50 states in this vast county," said Chad Griffith, a board member of the American Foundation for Equal Rights.

Racial diversity is only “one factor among many” in admissions decisions, according to the University of Texas vice president for diversity. But if the Supreme Court decides to abandon racial preferences, what will become of the pursuit of racial justice in education?

The civil rights movement was both “the work of the Lord and the work of freedom,” says author Taylor Branch. “It took redemption, and it took faith and tenacity, not just an empty, simple hope.”

It doesn’t make moral, ethical, or fiscal sense, according to Cook County sheriff Tom Dart, to house people who are mentally ill in jails and prisons.

Watch additional excerpts from our interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch about the many pivotal events of 1963 in the struggle for civil rights.

After an IRA explosion in 1987 terrorized the community of Enniskillen, killed 11 Protestants, and injured scores of others, Gordon Wilson, father of one victim, said he forgave the bombers and prayed for the grace to continue to do so. Will the members of the G8 summit meeting in Northern Ireland be able to draw on a similar spirit of peace and reconciliation?