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After the white smoke cleared, Brown papal historian David Kertzer reflected on the significance of an American pope, how the ...

Water experts gathered at the University of Colorado, Boulder for talks about the future of the Colorado River. Top ...

By Jed Nelson There are moments in history that are so important, so joyful or tragic that we remember exactly where we were or what we were doing when the news was broken to us. The moment the TV ...

With very little news on Colorado River negotiations, top policymakers chose to skip an annual water conference this week, ...

Advocates for women's ordination sent pink smoke signals Wednesday over the Vatican to demand that women be allowed to be priests and participate in a conclave. Even the White House got involved ...

The cardinals would sit in a hall in a half circle with the dean of the college of cardinals, the Italian Giovanni Battista, ...

The One Direction heartthrob rocked a low-key look including a blue cap, a windbreaker and a jumper to protect against the ...

State and federal water managers who helped negotiate prior deals say the federal government needs to drive the latest talks ...

When I looked around at the crowd of young students — and they do get younger every year — it was so clear to me that they ...

COMMENTARY: Not since 1808 when Bishop John Carroll was the bishop of Baltimore — then the only diocese in the United States ...