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Pope Leo XIV, dressed in gold and white papal vestments and mitre, carries a ceremonial staff while walking in a procession flanked by two priests in matching robes.
World & National News

Do the papacy and politics mix?

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by Cyrus Moulton
Muslim women celebrating Eid al-Fitr.
Society & Culture

Why do men typically receive twice as much inheritance as women in Egypt? Research explains

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by Patrick Daly
A close up shot of a person wearing a black sweater with a red beaded necklace that has a small cross pendant.
Society & Culture

Why is Gen Z more religious than previous generations?

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by Erin Kayata
Two historians examine a large medieval manuscript inside a library.
University News

Northeastern historians uncover 12th-century findings at London’s Lambeth Palace Library

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by Patrick Daly
Pope Robert Francis Prevost Leo XIV greets the crowd from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica after his election in Vatican City.
World & National News

As an American, what kind of influence can Pope Leo XIV wield in the Catholic Church?

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by Tanner Stening
St. Peter Basilica in the Vatican in Italy.
Society & Culture

Why ‘theopolitics’ and not nationality is likely to decide the next pope

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by Cyrus Moulton
Fans lined up outside of the Eras Tour official merchandise stand.
Society & Culture

Was Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour a modern-day religious pilgrimage?

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by Patrick Daly
An illustration of a UFO flying over a forest.
Science & Technology

Are UFOs spawning a new religious movement?

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
An image of Carlo Acutis unveiled at a Catholic ceremony.
World & National News

Why the impending sainthood of video game-playing teenager Carlo Acutis captures the Catholic imagination  

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
Dave DeSteno and Francis Collins speaking into microphones on stage in front of a screen that says 'How God Works' on it.
Society & Culture

Science and religion can get along, says former director of the National Institutes of Health

by Cody Mello-Klein
A Russian Orthodox Church priest gesturing while speaking to soldiers outside.
World & National News

What does it mean that the Russian Orthodox Church is calling Putin’s invasion of Ukraine a ‘holy war’?

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
Same sex couple receiving a blessing by a priest in Germany.
Law

Will Catholic justices on the US Supreme Court be influenced by the pope’s softer stance on same-sex couples?

by Alena Kuzub