The government is a centrist parliamentary coalition. To undo its predecessor’s democratic backsliding, it needs the ...

Power in Poland rests primarily with the prime minister and parliament. But the president wields real influence by signing ...

Eight women sat around a table, their laughter filling Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Kingston, Tennessee. Flour ...

My mom was born in 1924, in time to be saddled with strong memories of what it was like to live as a poor child of immigrant ...

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COMMENTARY: Papal initiation homilies have long served as moments of clarity, not only inaugurating a pontificate but ...

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This approach - while converging with the Gospel in the most profound way - was not much reflected in the conservative teachings of the Church in Poland. Pope Francis has addressed the subject of ...

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Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.

The Armenian ladies in two Providence churches make kufta meatballs. The Greek women in Cranston and Pawtucket bake trays of baklava and moussaka. The Polish church women in Central Falls make ...