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How the next pope will be elected – what goes on at the conclave
With the death of Pope Francis, attention now turns to the selection of his successor. The next pope will be chosen in what ...
Pope Francis tried to change the Catholic Church for women, with mixed success
Pope Francis is being remembered as a pastoral leader – and in some ways, his treatment of women in the Catholic Church was ...
Three ways Pope Francis influenced the global climate movement
On a larger scale, Laudato Si’ gave rise to the Laudato Si’ movement which coordinates climate activism across the globe. It ...
Lawful permanent residents like Mahmoud Khalil have a right to freedom of speech – but does that protect them from deportation?
The Trump administration says it can deport noncitizen students that create foreign security threats. The Supreme Court might ...
Endowments aren’t blank checks – but universities can rely on them more heavily in turbulent times
While it’s always important to proceed with care when spending money reserved for use on a rainy day or to ensure the ...
‘I am sorry’ — A reflection on Pope Francis’s apology on residential schools
As people reflect upon Pope Francis’s passing, his apology on residential schools and its impacts needs to be explored three ...
Francis, a pope of many firsts: 5 essential reads
Jorge Mario Bergoglio became a pope of many firsts: the first modern pope from outside Europe, the first whose papal name ...
Pope Francis dies: an unconventional pontiff who sought to modernise Catholicism
In many ways, Pope Francis embodied a tension at the heart of Catholicism in the 21st century: too liberal for some Catholics ...
Twinkling star reveals the shocking secrets of turbulent plasma in our cosmic neighbourhood
The interstellar plasma is turbulent and scatters pulsar radio waves slightly away from a direct, straight line path. The ...
Zimbabwe’s house of stone: the gallery that showcases a famous sculpture tradition
Zimbabwe is the house of stone, both literally and figuratively, with its very name derived from the ancient stone city of ...
What will happen at the funeral of Pope Francis
Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome dedicated to the Virgin Mary.