The pontiff, who died on Easter Monday at age 88, strived to make the church more inclusive. But critics believed his reforms either went too far or not far enough…
Bottles and bags, food wrappers and straws. Piping, packaging, toys and trays. Plastic is everywhere — and yet some people may be surprised at how much they actually wear. A…
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Pope Francis has died after serving as pope since March 2013. Pope Francis passed away at the Vatican on April 21, after leading the Catholic faithful since March 2013. His election as…
Mon, April 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM EDT The doctors had implored him to ease his schedule and avoid the crowds to stave off infection. Pope Francis agreed, up to a point…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British Prime Minister William Gladstone said he was horrified to learn seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in Jamaica and Guyana.…
IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Suleiman Khalil was harvesting olives in a Syrian orchard with two friends four months ago, unaware the soil beneath them still hid deadly remnants of war. The…
A memory of transcendent humanity in Rome Timothy Snyder The one time I was to meet Pope Francis, I had to wait. Others, more knowledgeable than me, will write memorials…
MAKOKO, Nigeria (AP) — Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos. Riding on the…
A harsher sentence was delivered by a German judge who found that the assailant was motivated by antisemitism. Grace Gilson April 18, 2025 12:19 pm A 24-year-old man who was convicted of attacking…