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Pope Leo XIV is embarking on the longest and farthest trip of his pontificate three weeks after lung cancer surgery. The U.S.-born Leo is returning home to Peru, where the former Robert Prevost lived for two decades as a missionary priest and learned to be the pastor he is today. Leo is also going to Argentina, the home of his predecessor, Pope Francis. It will be a homecoming of sorts there, too, since Francis never returned to Argentina after his 2013 election, leaving a complicated legacy tha

Michael Ervin Balenti was born on April 19, 1941, in Calumet, Oklahoma, to Ervin E Balenti and Francis (Penwright) Balenti. Mike was a member of the Cheyenne Tribe and an Eagle Scout. He attended school in Alva, Oklahoma, graduating from Alva High School 1959. Mike passed away on October 28, 2026, in Enid, Oklahoma. Mike continued his education at the University of Oklahoma and Northwestern...

The NBA's flopping controversy figures to come to the forefront Friday night when the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors duel in San Francis...

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Kyle Francis Kennedy, the granddaughter of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and wife Ethel Kennedy, has died. She was 42. According to the town clerk in the town of Westwood, Massachusetts where she lived, Kennedy died on Sept. 21. An advocate for education reform and disability rights, Kennedy spent most of her life in Massachusetts. After college, Kennedy joined Teach for America where she worked as a teacher in New York City and soon after became an advocate for equitable elementary education and chart

Pope Leo XIV has declared capital punishment "inadmissible.” He has penned a social media post for the World Day Against the Death Penalty, as his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad. The American pope quoted the revised Catholic teaching on capital punishment ushered in by Pope Francis. The Argentine pontiff had decreed in 2018 that the death penalty is unacceptable because it attacks the inherent dignity of a human being. Leo on Saturday wrote that

Pope Leo XIV has urged Catholic leaders to courageously accompany families in their weaknesses and failures. Leo on Wednesday opened a weeklong and closed-door conference assessing the implementation of Pope Francis' 2016 document “The Joy of Love.” The document covers a host of issues relating to how the Catholic Church can better minister to families today as they cope with issues such as poverty, war, LGBTQ+ children and divorce. But it immediately sparked controversy when it was released