Every time we make ourselves into obstacles, we also make it a little less likely that the administration’s authoritarian ...

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Over the centuries, the outcome of conclaves has been impossible to predict. But if the cardinals named by Francis vote ...

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The Vatican — with its politics, its pageantry and its power — has long been a favorite subject for artists and thinkers.

Readers offer reflections after the death of Pope Francis. Also: The mistakes of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The book by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the subject of exhibitions in New York, Minnesota, New Jersey and South Carolina.

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The country’s aesthetics and inventions have spread far. It still remains a singular place.

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Pope Francis’ transformative vision for the American church made it more open, but also energized conservative resistance ...