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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons, upheld it in others such as abortion, and made inroads with Muslims and ...

For modern travelers making pilgrimages along what remains of the Mother Road, the Totem Pole Trading Post represents an essential pilgrimage site – not just to purchase souvenirs but to experience a ...

Tucked along the legendary Route 66 in Rolla, Missouri, the Totem Pole Trading Post stands as a monument to retail rebellion – a wonderfully weird emporium that’s been collecting curiosities since the ...

“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 ...

In a new series, Xpress spotlights local experts who have positive visions for the future and ideas about what Asheville ...

More than 10,000 years ago, a group of Indigenous Americans with close genetic ties to the mysterious Clovis people buried a ...

Gold hit fresh record highs on Thursday as investors sought a refuge from the turbulence surrounding trade tensions between the United States and China. Julian Satterthwaite reports. Russian President ...

AFTER SEVERAL congressional Democrats announced plans to try to help Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the immigrant the Trump ...

The native westslope cutthroat trout (named for ... Xenophobic feelings were running high, with many Americans worried that the Europeans would displace residents already struggling to stay ...

In interviews, Greenlanders expressed outrage at Trump’s heavy-handed overtures and delivered a blunt reply: “We do not want to be Americans.” Photo from Visit Greenland, UnSplash After ...

Frontier inhabitants were eager to strike at the British in Canada because they suspected them of arming Native American tribes that were standing in the way of America's westward expansion.