His followers saw him as symbolizing the church's open arms. His critics saw him as bending timeless church doctrines.

While he battled with internal dissent, Francis became a global superstar, drawing huge crowds on his many foreign travels as ...

Prayers are being held today at Catholic centers in metro Detroit for Pope Francis, who died at 88. Catholics and others in ...

Meanwhile, Francis' native Argentina ordered seven days of mourning ... Doctors had prescribed two months of rest when the pope left hospital last month but he appeared on a number of occasions.

Argentina’s President Javier Milei has said he feels “profound sorrow” at the death of the Pope. He said that “despite ...

This Lent, a new version of a Catholic devotion seeks to acknowledge the traumas experienced by Native people, including ...

This can be the case for some Native American mascots in amateur and professional sports ... “0ur ancestor was the most famous and most photographed native in history,” and he and the rest of the ...

The Warriors lost this battle. The Amityville School District on Long Island has been strong-armed into changing its beloved Warriors nickname under a state Board of Regents mandate to rid every ...

The measure allows schools to continue to use previously purchased uniforms and other materials that include Native American mascots until 2030. If a school facility bears a prohibited name ...

we should ask ourselves how American democracy emerged alongside the dispossession of Native Americans. The mythologies of American history remain imposing challenges in need of reconsideration.

“If we’re looking to ‘Make America Great Again,’ then I think it should start with the truth about the true American history,” said Deborah Parker, CEO of the National Native American ...