Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke Wednesday to international economists attending IMF and World Bank spring meetings in ...

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A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

P ope Francis, the reform-minded Roman Catholic leader who guided the church through an era of crisis, died Monday, April 21, ...

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Francis’s liberal views on LGBTQ people in the church and women potentially serving as ordained deacons — something he was willing to discuss but never approved — could spark a retrenchment.

Urbi et orbi” means “To the city [of Rome] and to the world.” It is a special apostolic blessing given by the pope every year ...

Last July, Francis took on right-wing governments as a whole, telling believers at an event in italy, “Democracy is not in good health in the world today.” He decried “ideological ...

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