The Society of St. Pius X has responded defiantly to Pope Leo XIV's excommunication of the neotraditionalist group. What does the excommunication mean — and how will the schism affect the church?

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As far as I know, most of my people were farmers. On both my parents' sides, my Scandinavian ancestors came across the ocean looking for better topsoil. I know immigrants came for many reasons-- to ...

Ideology is ironically trumping science in the heat wave cooking Europe. America’s progressives should take note.

I am an admirer of grand old houses. I live downtown, just blocks away from some of the oldest neighborhoods in the city, ...

Democratic candidates are generally popular, Times/Siena polling finds, but retaking the Senate remains a big challenge.

My husband, Peter’s, birthday is this week. Peter does not celebrate his birthday. Peter doesn’t think the day of his birth is anything to celebrate. He’s happy to celebrate my birthday, but he says ...

A Platte County jury found a former Kansas City, Missouri, police officer guilty of second-degree murder last Friday in ...