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Riley is a member of the Southmoore varsity cheer squad. She was honored as an All-American Cheerleader by the National Cheerleader Association. She also volunteers for several organizations and ...

New Jersey Catholics expressed shock and joy on Thursday at the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff ... "My relatives and I were all texting back and forth," said Yates, of ...

Much of the world’s attention is on the Vatican, where the conclave has begun and cardinals are meeting to select a successor ...

Hailey Tiffany, 13, a Sacajawea eighth grader, set up the Native games station with two other students. Ironically, she and ...

The cardinal electors of the Catholic Church elected an American on Thursday to serve ... After the white smoke brought an initial cheer, the crowd in St. Peter's Square erupted in applause ...

Cities from London to Moscow will be awash with parades, flyovers and memorials this week as the world marks the 80th ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, elected the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has taken the name Pope Leo XIV.

Live updates below Intriguingly one Italian newspaper is reporting that votes for American cardinal Robert ... a needle through the word 'Eligo'. All the ballots are then bound together with ...

Triton Cheer of Iowa Central Community College made history after winning the All-Girls National Championship for the first ...

The Season 7 finale of The CW’s All American leaves audiences on a cliffhanger that puts the relationships of most of its ...

Triton Cheer made history after winning the first All-Girls National Championship for any Iowa college team. Teodora Mitov ...