Believing no man should own another, in 1775 he built a Baptist church where Black and white, slave and free ... and chartered the commonwealth’s first public college for African Americans.

Sebastião Salgado, renowned for his striking black-and-white photography that chronicles the human condition, environmental crises and the fragile beauty of our planet with epic depth and poetic ...

Beneath it was a framed photo ... Black institutions within the Baptist faith remained staunchly segregated. In time, thanks to efforts by white Baptist Church leaders, Greenville would be the ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church ... were added to produce either black smoke—indicating no pope has been elected—or white smoke—meaning a pope was been ...

which marked the first time she has posted pics of him on social media. The 44-year-old including an image of herself holding the infant, who wore a white onesie bearing the words "I [heart] Mom." ...

Pope Leo XIV made his first ... white smoke. Jason Horowitz Motoko Rich and Elizabeth Dias Reporting from Vatican City Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic ...

The Catholic church ... history as the first U.S. pontiff and taking the name Pope Leo XIV. The papal conclave was officially over at around 6 p.m. local time on Thursday after white smoke was ...

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Whether it is black — meaning the ... in the 2005 conclave that gave the Church Pope Benedict XVI, a second, more modern stove was also used. Historically, the white smoke was created by burning ...

Over the years, the conclave has used different methods to create black and white smoke. After some confusion in past conclaves, including in 1958, when smoke first appeared white and then became ...

The smoke emitted signals the result: black smoke means no decision; white smoke ... of the Catholic Church then appears on the balcony above the square, offering his first public blessing.

The cardinals don’t have to take a first vote Wednesday, but they are expected to. Assuming no winner is found, the Vatican said black ... the White House got involved, posting a photo of ...