The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost made his first speech as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, shortly after being ...

Habemus Papam, the College of Cardinals has elected a pope, and the crowd in Vatican Square went wild.

Israel's ongoing blockade of aid for Gaza forced the humanitarian group to shut its soup kitchens as it faced empty ...

For the first time in history, the College of Cardinals has chosen an American pope, Robert Francis Prevost, who chose the name Pope Leo XIV.

After decades of philanthropy following the success of Microsoft, Bill Gates is winding down his namessake charity. What's he going to do next?

Pope Leo XIV is the first Augustinian friar ever to be selected to lead the Catholic Church. Raised in Chicago, where he was known as Robert Prevost, he graduated from Villanova University.

The transportation secretary announced a far-reaching plan to drastically overhaul the current technology used by thousands ...

Indiana schools will not be allowed to expel students for chronic absences — at least for the next school year. State ...

Michael Murphy, director of the Hank Center for Catholic Intellectual Heritage at Loyola University in Chicago, reflects on the new pope. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Here & Now ‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with NPR’s Scott Detrow about the announcement of the new Pope Leo XIV. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

When Amanda Hess learned her unborn child had a genetic condition, she turned to the internet — but didn't find reassurance. ...