The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just ...

Pope Francis’ transformative vision for the American church made it more open, but also energized conservative resistance that further divided it.

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

Pope Francis died on Monday April 21, 2025. This story was originally published in the Washington Examiner magazine on ...

Pope Francis has died, the Vatican announced on Monday—after months of severe health ailments, including a bout of severe ...

After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams ordered flags at city buildings to be lowered to half-staff starting Monday morning in tribute ...

Sixty years later, my heart is still filled with wonder and happiness from seeing Michelangelo's sculpture, one of the ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

P ope Francis, the reform-minded Roman Catholic leader who guided the church through an era of crisis, died Monday, April 21, ...

While inspecting a sumptuous villa in Rome, an electrician stumbled across long lost works by the Baroque painter Carlo Maratta.

When the WEA was finally set last year, the leases were set farther south than expected, and much of the area “is now as close to Boston as it is to Maine, and in some cases closer,” the report said.