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Players observe a minute of silence in memory of Pope Francis before the Spanish league soccer match between Real Madrid and RC Celta de Vigo at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid on May 4, 2025. Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP via Getty Images

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From pulpit to pitch: Pope Francis used sport to get his...

Staff Writer - May 11, 2025

Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández, Catholic Theological Union The world of sport is “a constellation of many stars,” Pope Francis told...

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Protesters run as Cameroonian security forces use water cannons to disperse them during the country’s latest election, whose integrity was widely challenged. AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal

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Autocracies in transition: In 2025, Cameroon and Tanzania rulers clung to...

Staff Writer - December 19, 2025

Yonatan Morse, University of Connecticut Autocratic leaders in Africa like their numbers to be in the high 90s, it...

Colorado was the first state to pass a law requiring warning labels on gas stoves. mapodile/GettyImages

What are gas stove manufacturers trying to hide? Warning labels

December 18, 2025

Could this be the next Blitzen? Feeding a reindeer in Lapland, Finland, north of the Arctic Circle. Roberto Moiola/Sysaworld/Moment via Getty Images

The North Pole keeps moving – here’s how that affects Santa’s...

December 16, 2025

Some bird species on neighboring tips of the evolutionary tree can interbreed, with interesting genomic results. Kaleb Anderson

Songbirds swap colorful plumage genes across species lines among their evolutionary...

December 12, 2025

Dusk in downtown Lumberton, county seat in Robeson County, N.C., the most diverse rural county in America. AP Photo/David Goldman

6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong

December 9, 2025