NPR's Sylvia Poggioli spent over four decades covering Rome. During her time, she covered the last three popes. But Poggioli ...

Kevin Farrell is the camerlengo, or acting head of the Vatican, until a new pope is elected. Here's what to know about ...

The pope's death at the age of 88 ends a 12-year papacy that began with the historic resignation of Francis' predecessor in ...

Patrons of the Clark County Public Library can now check out more than books, music or movies. Its new Library of Things ...

Dorothy Parker's posthumously published collection is Poems; Camilla Barnes' debut novel is The Usual Desire to Kill. Both affirm: sharp humor can be grounded in pain.

After 11 seasons on ER, Wyle thought he was finished with medical dramas: "I spent 15 years avoiding — actively avoiding — ...

The last pope to die during his tenure was Pope John Paul II in 2005. Here's what happened in the days and weeks that ...

Trump praised the pope at the start of Francis's papacy, in 2013. But relations soured during the 2016 election, when Francis ...

"Regardless of their partisan leanings, most U.S. Catholics regard Francis as an agent of change," Pew added. "Overall, about ...

Pope Francis called on the world and 1.4 billion Catholics to confront climate change. He brought attention to the issue but ...

Reflecting on his encounters with Pope Francis, Zubik said he was struck by "not just the dignity of the pope's office but ...

Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their ...