Venice revives a quarter-mile floating bridge to island cemetery for... VENICE, Italy (AP) — Venice’s San Michele island is the final resting place of American poet Ezra Pound, Russian composer Igor Stravinsky...
Trump threatens Nigeria with potential military action, escalates claim of... ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he’s ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for potential military action...
Virginia Episcopalians promised reparations. Progress has lagged. (RNS) — At the height of the anti-racism protests following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, the idea of reparations for...
Mamdani would be New York’s first Muslim mayor. His support... (RNS) — In a recent interview, a journalist asked me about what many see as Zohran Mamdani’s “Achilles heel” — his standing...
Halloween and a declining Christian tradition coexist on All Saints’... MADRID (AP) — Skeletons, ghosts, and monsters of all kinds took to the streets of many cities in Spain at nightfall to...
Pope declares Cardinal Newman a church doctor and signals Catholic... VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday bestowed one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors on St. John Henry Newman,...
Lives hang in the balance as White House temporizes on... (RNS) — Millions of Americans who rely on food assistance are facing a devastating reality now that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program...
Israel deports two US Jews who volunteered to help Palestinians... (RNS) — Two American Jewish women who had volunteered to harvest olives in a Palestinian village in the West Bank were deported...
Construction begins on major Christian landmark in Britain celebrating a... BIRMINGHAM, England — Construction is set to begin this week on Britain’s largest Christian monument, following the successful completion of its initial...
Why ‘I hope she converts’ is bad for Usha Vance,... (RNS) — When Vice President JD Vance told an audience at a Turning Point USA rally Wednesday (Oct. 29) at the University...