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In the past, cricket helped bring the two countries closer. But separating the growing political tensions from the sport has became almost impossible.

No one has a clear idea about how far the new fight with Pakistan might lead — into their country, or even into their own homes.

Pope Leo XIV’s focus on refugees and his pluralistic background may offer a different view of U.S. values from the president’s America First approach.

From delivering help to flood-ravaged regions to singing Christmas songs to blessing babies, Pope Leo XIV tried to be a cleric of the people in Peru.

Prelates who voted in the conclave played down the new pope’s American roots. In his first Mass as pontiff, Leo pledged to lift up “ordinary people.”

Both countries reportedly aimed attacks at each other’s territories well beyond their disputed Kashmir border. As night fell Friday, the Indian city of Jammu appeared to be under attack for a second consecutive night.

St. John Paul II cut the waiting period to five years, but his own canonization nine years after his death has become a cautionary tale.