'I Just Froze': Former Nun Talks About Experiences Of Sexual And Spiritual Abuse Pope Francis acknowledged this week that some priests and bishops have sexually abused nuns. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Doris Wagner, who experienced such abuse in a Catholic order in Germany.
Hungary's New Holocaust Museum Isn't Open Yet, But It's Already Causing Concern The government-funded House of Fates, set to open this year, has been criticized by Holocaust survivors, scholars and others for presenting a distorted view of Hungary's role during the Holocaust. Joanna Kakissis
Pope Francis Addresses Abuse Of Nuns By Priests NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sister Carol Zinn, executive director of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, about the abuse of nuns and how the Catholic Church has dealt with the issue.
Pope Francis Ends Historic Trip To The United Arab Emirates With Papal Mass Pope Francis ended the first-ever trip by a pope to the Arabian Peninsula with mass at an open-air sports stadium. The Vatican said the trip was meant to highlight fraternity among religions. Sylvia Poggioli
Pope Francis Delivers First Papal Mass On Arabian Peninsula His three-day trip was intended to promote religious fraternity and diversity, at a time when long-established Christian communities in the Middle East are dwindling. Sasha Ingber
Lincoln Memorial Standoff Exposes Divisions Among Kentucky Catholics The controversy involving a Catholic high school group from Kentucky has underlined racial and political divisions in the country. It's exposing those tensions within the Catholic church as well. Sarah McCammon
After Damaging Year, Pope Francis Calls For 4-Day Clerical Sex Abuse Summit The Vatican has scheduled a conference on clerical sex abuse, following a year in which allegations emerged around the world. The summit's goal: to make sure bishops understand there's a problem. Sylvia Poggioli
Provoked By Trump, The Religious Left Is Finding Its Voice The Trump Administration has inspired a new activism on the part of liberal religious groups. Like the Moral Majority of the late '70s, they fear an assault on their most basic Christian values. Tom Gjelten
Pope Francis Is In Panama For Catholic Church's World Youth Day On his way to Panama, Pope Francis answered reporters' questions. Steve Inskeep talks to Ines San Martin, of the Catholic news site Cruxnow, about what the pope had to say about refugees.
Özlem Cekic: How Can Kindness Disarm Hate? After being elected to the Danish parliament, Özlem Cekic—a Muslim immigrant to Denmark—began receiving hate mail. To counter it, she did the unexpected: she met her harrassers face to face. NPR/TED Staff