Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is “slop.” The word was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud. It evolved more generally to mean something of little value. The definition has ...

In fact, the Wikimedia Foundation announced Dec. 2 that "Deaths in 2025" -- an entry that includes Pope Francis -- was their ...

New recordings of church officials spurred the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, to file an updated ...

Pope Leo XIV has shared his thoughts during the conclave that elected him, saying he resigned himself to the inevitable and ...

During conclave, cardinals from around the world gather in Vatican City to elect the next pope of the Catholic Church. The ...

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday shared for the first time what he was thinking when the votes started going his way during the ...

The new American pontiff has been far more reserved than his outspoken predecessor. But many of their underlying progressive messages remain the same.

Leo said that while the world's cardinals were meeting in a secret conclave in May to choose the successor to the late Pope ...

Traveling through the Mideast, Leo XIV channeled many of his predecessor’s messages. Leo’s deliberate manner differed from ...

I resigned myself when I saw the way things were going.... I took a deep breath, I said: ‘Here we go, Lord. You are in charge; you lead the way.’” ...