A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process. These are the need-to-know terms — some of them ...

The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing ...

St. John died in a building behind the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Capitol Hill. The room where he died is a ...

“Salus populi suprema lex esto,” Missouri’s motto appearing on the state seal and flag ... of the extreme dark mornings in mid-winter. In Kansas City, permanent Daylight Saving would ...

Now, it’s “annulled,” or marked in such a way that it can’t be used as a seal. This is the name given ... of coal tar), and sulfur to produce black smoke. But if there is a winner, the ...

Virginia is obviously not as sensitive about the nudity on its state seal as Texas is ... that disenfranchised most Black Virginians (and many whites, as well), proposed eliminating most state funding ...

And once the election process for a new pope begins, gatherers will turn upward each day, waiting for black or white smoke to fill ... take an oath of secrecy and seal the church's doors.

LAWRENCE — Just days prior to the start of Kansas baseball’s recent series at home against Kansas State, KU coach Dan Fitzgerald acknowledged the adversity his side was facing. Fitzgerald and ...