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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Massimo Faggioli, professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University — the new Pope's alma mater — about the direction the Catholic Church will likely take under Pope Leo XIV.

Hayden was appointed by then-President Obama in 2016 and was the first woman and first African American to serve in the role.

Pope Leo XIV, the first American to lead the Catholic church, grew up in the Chicago area and Catholics in Chicago are overjoyed.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Rax King about her new collection of essays, Sloppy. King is now three years sober from alcohol and cocaine, and the book documents her journey getting clean.

President Trump's critics accuse him of breaking or ignoring norms. But, others say he may just be treating them differently than past presidents.

The papal conclave is underway at the Vatican. NPR religion correspondent breaks down what's happening.

The autopsy notes two bullet wounds even though there were three shooters, and a forensic expert says the misfires likely caused "excruciating conscious pain and suffering."

While we might think it's cute when an animal goes viral online, but there are some real-world implications to an animal becoming too popular.

The folk music duo of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings release their album 'Woodland," four years after a tornado destroyed their home and studio.

In eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, efforts to clean up the flooding from Hurricane Helene's remnants are slow-going. People are relying on each other as they struggle to move forward.