At services on Sunday, some Catholics took particular pride in the election of the first American pontiff, who has familial ...

Aya Batrawy is an NPR International Correspondent. She leads NPR's Gulf bureau in Dubai. Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Susan Bin of the Pope Crave account on X, which showcased a number of memes from the papal conclave that just took place.

Bob Mondello, who jokes that he was a jinx at the beginning of his critical career — hired to write for every small paper that ever folded in Washington, just as it was about to collapse — saw that ...

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NPR's team wraps up their time in Rome by wrapping up the conclave that elected the first American pope, and looking ahead.

The proposed solution would only provide food and aid to around 60 percent of Gaza's civilians initially, according to a copy ...

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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with music artist Kevin Olusola about his new album, "Dawn Of A Misfit," and his love for mixing it up with classical music.