Anne Hidalgo has traveled to Kenya, Vietnam, the United States, Mauritania and more since the start of the year – without ...

As we hit the halfway mark of the year, reflect back on some of the most prominent public figures lost so far in 2025.

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May saw the death of a retired U.S. Supreme Court justice who came the high court as a Republican but became a favorite among ...

Inspired by Pope Francis’ five-day pilgrimage to Poland in 2016 and the country's historical ties to the Holocaust, Victor Mooney boarded a flight to Warsaw.

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Robert P. Jones is the president and founder of Public Religion Research Institute. He is the author of the New York Times ...

Rabbi Claudio Kupchik will be officially installed as the senior rabbi of the Shelter Rock Jewish Center on Thursday, June 11 ...

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As white smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney at 6:08 p.m. May 8 in Vatican City, University of Iowa Catholic Studies ...

The late Pope Francis was right to raise the alarm on the debt and development crisis facing developing countries. And he was ...