The archives

Historian Keith recalls similar incidences of suspected foul play from days gone by

Matt Elton Can you briefly explain the papal conclave, and who’s involved? Rebecca Rist It’s based on the system instituted by Pope Gregory X in the 13th century. After the death of a pontiff, members

Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline

ON THE FIRST SUNDAY NIGHT IN APRIL, DRUMS ARE beating and horns are blaring in a boisterous Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., as Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammates make a humdrum regular

ADDRESSING AN ECSTATIC CROWD GATHERED IN St. Peter’s Square as the newly annointed leader of the Roman Catholic Church, American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost used the world’s most famous pulpit to

Forty years ago, football hooliganism was at its peak, causing outrage, fear and fatalities. How did the sport recover from its darkest days, and what happened to the men who belonged to the “firms”? Rosa Silverman reports