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Pope Leo XIV faces a deeply divided U.S. Catholic Church
Despite the warm embrace of his countrymen and women, the deeply divided U.S. Catholic Church may ultimately pose some of the most serious challenges for the new pope. This report produced by Freddie ...
Wall St closes near flat with focus on US-China talks
U.S. stocks ended little changed Friday after oscillating between slight gains and declines, as investors gauged President Donald Trump's comments on Chinese tariffs ahead of weekend trade talks ...
NY bakery creates Pope Leo XIV cookies
Maria Notaro, owner of La Guli Pastry in Astoria, began making Pope Leo cookies after learning he was the first U.S. pope on ...
AI-generated man addresses his killer in court
May 9, 2025. In what appears to be one of the first such instances in a U.S. courtroom, a video of an AI-generated Chri ...
Pope Leo's in-tray: financial woes and doctrinal disputes
Pope Leo, the first pontiff from the U.S., inherits a Church laden with challenges, from strained budgets to tackling sexual abuse scandals and balancing tradition and progress. That's on top of the ...
India, Pakistan accuse each other of attacks as hostilities rise
India's army has reported repulsing Pakistan's drone attacks along it's western border as both countries have accused each ...
New York Cardinal Dolan explains why Pope Leo was elected
Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, along with other members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on Friday ...
'Nightclub pop musical' inspired by Oscar Wilde comes to London
Set in a basement turned performance space in central London, new musical ''Oscar at The Crown'' offers audiences a ''360 nightclub pop musical experience.'' Based on Tottenham Court Road, the musical ...
Africa in Pictures: conclave, cocoa and canines
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued internal instructions to the Pentagon to start kicking out transgender troops who do not elect to leave on their own by June 6, according to a memo ...
Russia marks WW2 victory with allies as Ukraine war grinds on
Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two on Friday with a major military parade that went off without any reports of Ukrainian attacks ...
Pope Leo's first appearance offers three clues about his papacy
From his first moments on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Leo XIV gave three important clues about what kind of ...
Five stories you need to know today
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued internal instructions to the Pentagon to start kicking out transgender troops who do not elect to leave on their own by June 6, according to a memo ...