Pope Leo XIV, who became the first sitting pontiff to vote in a U.S. election, said Friday he is “proud to be an American and to exercise my right” to vote. His remarks, made to reporters en route to Latin America for a 12-day trip, come after the Vatican confirmed the U.S.-born pontiff had voted…
Maria Montserrat Alvarado, a 39-year-old U.S. media executive, becomes the new head of Vatican communications this week, the first laywoman to head a Vatican “ministry.” The Mexican American will also be the first non-Italian to lead a vast department overseeing all of the Vatican’s television, radio and print operations, as well as its press office….
When tourists visit Philadelphia, they like to see the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall and the Rocky Steps. Now, there’s a new attraction that can be added to the list: pigeons. Hannah Michelle Brower and her partner, Aspen Simone, started their tour business, Philly Pigeon Tours, where they take you to visit “pigeony areas in the neighborhood.”…
Cruise the canals of Venice, amid the grand palazzos and Rialto Bridge, and it’s understandable why this iconic city is now home to one of fashion’s most iconic names: Diane von Furstenberg. She spends about five months of the year in Venice: “It’s my stage,” she said. “It’s where I think.” Correspondent Alina Cho and…
Robin Morgan, a wholesome child star of the 1940s and ’50s who grew up to become an all-American radical as a poet, essayist, editor and second-wave feminist, has died. She was 85. Morgan, who was still working on new books and poems, died Saturday in New York after suffering a series of health problems in…
Count Binface may have come up short in the by-election against Nigel Farage, but don’t throw his popularity in the trash just yet. The candidate wearing a garbage can on his head just won over a quarter of the votes in a contest against one of Britain’s most famous politicians. The longtime satirical candidate had…
