For Catholic students in the United States, the election of Pope Leo XIV as the first American pope on May 8 filled them with ...

If nothing else, Donald Trump’s extravagant birthday celebrations are divisive with Pope Leo. A massive military parade, ...

President Donald Trump plans to hold a celebratory military parade on June 14, his birthday - but Pope Leo XIV has something ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or fewer and are subject to editing for grammar and clarity. Publication is at ...

Charleston, South Carolina H.L. Mencken, long a hero of mine, wrote: ‘Democracy is the theory that the common people know ...

Netflix viewers have been left horrified after watching one of the most ‘haunting’ unsolved murder cases in American history.

Tyler Perry’s new Netflix comedy series has earned mixed reviews, from being called ‘horrible’ to having fans in a ‘chokehold ...

Language and how it’s used shapes not only the way we feel but also how we think, said Viorica Marian, professor of ...