Pope Leo XIV, First American Pontiff, Will Face a Fractured American Church

Pope Leo XIV, First American Pontiff, Will Face a Fractured American Church

The last several months for American Catholics have been a story about the ascent of the Catholic right. In January, a parade of right-wing Catholic power began streaming into President Trump’s remade Washington. Just weeks later came the hospitalization and decline of Pope Francis, who often seemed to stand alone in offering a different vision … Read more

Stargazing in a Cemetery, Where It’s Dark and Quiet

Stargazing in a Cemetery, Where It’s Dark and Quiet

Good morning. It’s Friday. Today we’ll look at amateur astronomers and a cemetery in Brooklyn that is giving them a permanent place to look up at the sky. We’ll also get details on a deal in Albany to weaken a law that mainly affects all-boys Hasidic Jewish schools, known as yeshivas. “It seems incongruous, doesn’t … Read more