The Catholic leaders of Leo’s hometown hold out hope that the new pope can help turn around ailing finances and a shortage of ...

Among other things, it traces Latin America’s largely unrecognized role in the abolition of the doctrine of conquest and the ...

Pope Francis passed away on April 21, 2025, after more than a decade of holding the highest position in the Catholic Church.

The Borgias became prominent in both ecclesiastical and political affairs, producing two popes: Alfons de Borja, who ruled as ...

A counselor reflects on her own anxieties in this honest and vulnerable opinion piece. Our lives can be so frantic that we ...

Georgia's highest court has ruled that the state cannot use certain evidence in the prosecution of a Georgia woman who caused a fatal car crash while suffering a psychotic break.

Beginning Sept. 23, the Smart Museum of Art in will open a landmark mid-career show of Theaster Gates’ far-flung art ...

Now that the world's most famous Catholic is an American from Chicago, some hope Pope Leo XIV will help bring new energy to a ...

How old can kids stay home alone in Mississippi? What parents need to know about state law, keeping your child safe this ...

It's the last day to book a flight on Southwest Airlines without being hit with a fee to check bags after the airline abandoned a decades-long luggage policy that executives ...

Pullman, Centralia, and Elcor are among towns whose fortunes rose and fell with one company. Some bounce back; others went ...

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the ...