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Gun control hasn’t been a big issue during the 2025 election like it was in 2021. But it’s still important to assess the gun policies of the two parties leading in the polls.
Pope Francis appointed more women to leadership roles in the Vatican than any pope before him. He challenged entrenched traditions within the Roman Catholic church to bring women into positions once ...
Canada faces interconnected challenges of climate instability and social inequality, and our current economic approach may be part of the problem.
As Canada’s current $10-a-day plan is being built, working toward its goals — affordability, accessibility, quality and inclusivity — is the best way to ensure child care now and in the future.
Le Secrétaire général de l’ONU, António Guterres, a déclaré lundi s’associer au monde pour pleurer la disparition du chef de l’Eglise catholique, le Pape François, qu’il a qualifié de « messager ...
Human beings don’t have a thick coat of fur like many other mammals do. Scientists think it has to do with something else that comes out of skin: sweat.
As people reflect upon Pope Francis’s passing, his apology on residential schools and its impacts needs to be explored three years after it was delivered.
With the death of Pope Francis, attention now turns to the selection of his successor. The next pope will be chosen in what is called a “conclave,” a Latin word meaning “a room that can be locked up,” ...
Zimbabwe is the house of stone, both literally and figuratively, with its very name derived from the ancient stone city of Great Zimbabwe. Stone is more than just a material here – it’s the totem pole ...
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.
In Mauritania, Sub-Saharan migrants are facing arrests and expulsions. According to some Mauritanian civil society actors, this situation is due to an agreement between Nouakchott and the European ...
By Ellen P. Aprill, Senior Scholar in Residence at the UCLA Law School's Lowell Milken Center For Philanthropy And Nonprofit Law, University of California, Los Angeles ...