Hank Houghton of West Brookfield gave emotional remarks about his 44 years in prison, during which his entire family died, ...

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The discovery that the first U.S.-born pope has black and Creole roots is a finding that illustrates the nation’s rich, ...

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After 16 years with the same primary logo and three main uniforms, the Magic are turning the page onto a new era that honors ...

Robert P. Jones is the president and founder of Public Religion Research Institute. He is the author of the New York Times ...

Since news of the new pope, Robert Prevost, who assumed the name Leo XIV, hit the wires, he has been universally celebrated ...

The Face of Jesus” examines two images of Christ — the Shroud of Turin and the Veil of Manoppello — as well as the image of ...

In this series, NPR takes readers behind the news and explains how we do our journalism. Here for Reporter's Notebook All Things Considered hosts Ari Shapiro and Scott Detrow discuss what it's like to ...

Suddenly I heard the most beautiful noise I have ever heard in my life: the sound of tens of thousands of people cheering as ...

Inside Vatican City, the home of Pope Leo, lies a vast collection of Indigenous artifacts and cultural objects that some ...

The pope’s family history of “gens de couleur libre,” or free people of color, can be traced back to Opelousas, a ...