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As anger and fear dominate the public square, a church that follows a resurrected savior should be a balm, not a blowtorch.

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, an independent voice from Alaska, has been the rare Republican on Capitol Hill willing to criticize the ...

The cardinals elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis, the first pope from Latin America, the first Jesuit, ...

Weeks after a lengthy hospital stay, Pope Francis died at 88 on Easter Monday. Now the search for a new pope begins. Has an American ever been pope?