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Sharks drew crowds who chased and fed them off Israel’s coast — until one man disappeared
Israeli police on Tuesday were scouring the waters off the country’s Mediterranean coast for a swimmer who they fear may have ...
As controversies pile up, Trump allies increasingly turn on one another
The infighting and backstabbing that plagued President Donald Trump’s first term have returned as a threat to his second, ...
Irish-born American cardinal entrusted as the ‘camerlengo,’ running the Holy See between popes
Cardinal Kevin Farrell remembers the day Pope Francis asked him to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...
Anti-Defamation League says anger at Israel is now the driving force behind antisemitism in the US
The Anti-Defamation League says the number of antisemitic incidents in the United States reached a record high last year and ...
Defending migrants was a priority for Pope Francis from the earliest days of his papacy
Advocating for migrants was one of Pope Francis’ top priorities. His papacy saw a refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, skyrocketing numbers of migrants in the Americas, and declining public ...
Pope Francis saw environmental and climate issues as moral concerns
Few moments in Pope Francis’ papacy better exemplify his understanding of climate change and the need to address it than the rain-soaked Mass he celebrated in Tacloban, ...