Free Expression: Speaking on Feb. 26, 2025, two unlikely prophets of a new spirituality—co-founder of Twitter, Biz Stone, and co-founder of Pinterest, Evan Sharp—entranced an audience of ...

HE LOOKED SICK. BUT YET THERE HE WAS WITH THE PEOPLE. TODAY SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS GOING TO REFLECT SPECIFICALLY ON HIS LEGACY AND HOW OPEN HE WAS TO ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE, SPECIFICALLY ...

Yet his legacy as Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday at age 88, was disappointing even on the priorities he set for his papacy. Pope Francis was best known for urging concern for the poor ...

(RNS) — Pope Francis shook up the Catholic Church with bold gestures and quiet reforms, leaving a legacy that's as debated as it is defining. The complicated legacy of Pope Francis — part ...

AT HIS LIFE AND LEGACY. SERA A PAPACY THAT BEGAN WITH A SIMPLE GREETING BUT A POWERFUL MESSAGE. I AM ONE OF YOU. A FORMER JANITOR AND NIGHTCLUB BOUNCER BECAME THE FIRST JESUIT POPE, THE FIRST FROM ...

Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, a day after appearing in St Peter's Square in Vatican City to wish worshippers a happy Easter Sunday. Earlier this year, he was treated in hospital for five ...

He chartered a change of course for the Catholic Church. The faithful are mourning the passing of Francis, the first pope born outside Europe in more than a millennium. The native of Buenos Aires ...

Before being elected as the first Pope from Latin America on March 13, 2013, former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina became the first pontiff to take the name Francis. He became the ...

May you find comfort in the pope’s enduring legacy of compassion, humility and faith,” Golding said. “May his soul rest in peace, and may his example continue to inspire all who strive for a ...

Perhaps as a Lutheran I have no right to claim a tiny piece of Francis’ legacy. But I think Francis’ church — and Francis’ God — is big enough to serve us all.

A 1919 law banned the use of French in the state's public schools. We can connect the dots from there. On April Fools’ Day in 1919, Maine Gov. Carl Milliken signed a law banning the use of ...