Pope Francis' death in April was potentially the most impactful around the world in 2025. However, he was far from the only ...

The world lost influential people in 2025, and some of their deaths had significant impacts. Pope Francis died in April, ...

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The recent UN climate conference in Brazil, COP30, exposed deep divisions over the best ways to protect us from the worsening ...

Pope Francis and Charlie Kirk were among the noteworthy and influential people whose deaths had widespread impact in 2025.

Assessing where the world stands with climate change a decade after the Paris Agreement is difficult. But in attempting to do ...

Inequality is the root of social evil,” according to the late Pope Francis. The French economist and inequality scholar ...

The Trump administration's new National Security Strategy is at odds with church teaching and Pope Leo's priorities on the ...

Pope Leo has dissolved a high-level Catholic commission, established by his predecessor Francis to encourage Vatican donations, rolling back one of the late pontiff’s final decisions. At such a ...

Here Comes the Sun” author and activist Bill McKibben on his newfound optimism, harnessing energy from heaven vs. energy from ...

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died in February, their passing initially shrouded in mystery.

Pope Leo has appointed Bishop Ronald Hicks to replace Cardinal Timothy Dolan, a friend of President Donald Trump who has served in the position since 2009, as New York’s newest archbishop, a major ...