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Pope Francis’ coffin leaves the Vatican for Basilica of Saint Mary Major
Pope Francis’ coffin is set to be driven through Rome in an open-top hearse to his final resting place at the Basilica of ...
As FBI arrests judge in Wisconsin, AG Pam Bondi directs new threats at the judiciary
The Republican offensive against the judiciary has been unsubtle, but the Trump administration hadn’t arrested a sitting ...
The subtly complicated politics of Pope Francis’ funeral
Pope Francis’ funeral will be a moment when different factions from around the world, perhaps frustratingly, may have to ...
Trump’s new tax announcement is a gift to Democrats
Taxing the rich is a policy typically associated with Democrats. Since most voters think the wealthy don’t pay enough in ...
I’m a legal scholar. We’re in a constitutional crisis — and this is the moment it began.
Some will argue this country entered into a constitutional crisis only recently, but the moment I realized we were in one was ...
About that reported White House 'shouting match'
Plus, a rare Senate seat opens up in Illinois and a very exciting (and bittersweet) announcement in this week’s 3-Minute Read ...
MAGA pro-natalists’ ‘newest’ ideas are just recycled Democratic policies
The right is obsessed with low fertility rates — but many of their proposed solutions are basic center-left social programs.
Opinion
Gen-Z is flocking to the church — I just hope there’s still room for Catholics like me
When I was in elementary school, every Tuesday I would meet up with a group of fellow Catholic girls by the baseball field and walk to our weekly Catholic class. I was apathetic about the lessons ...
Opinion
The forceful soul-searching that shaped — and defined — Pope Francis
It is impossible to understand  Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s legacy without accounting for the fact that the late pontiff belonged to a rebellious order.
Pope Francis’ coffin carried into St. Peter's Basilica before funeral
The coffin of Pope Francis is carried through St. Peter's Basilica, lined by cardinals, for private prayers before the ...
Cardinal Re echoes Pope Francis’ calls to ‘build bridges, not walls’
During his homily, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re echoed Pope Francis’ call to “build bridges, not walls." During President Trump’s 2016 election campaign, when he promised to build a wall at the ...
‘This was about intimidation’: Judge arrested by FBI for allegedly helping immigrant avoid arrest
FBI agents arrested a county judge in Milwaukee on charges that she helped an undocumented immigrant evade arrest by ...