Pope Francis will visit Albania on 21 September 2014. I very much hope this is the moment when the Vatican will announce the long-overdue canonization of Mother Teresa. Whatever reasons those who object to Mother Teresa’s canonization may have, the...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson July 26, 2014   SECRETARY KERRY:  I’m delighted to have a chance to be able to welcome my colleagues, the Foreign Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu and Foreign Minister of Qatar Khalid Attiyah...

Camellias, they are predominantly considered an emblem for varying shades of love, they are also thought to be lucky – especially when presented to a man. The basic hues are all given their own meaning: red meaning passion, pink meaning longing, a...

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In 1989, Texas executed Carlos DeLuna, a poor Hispanic man with childlike intelligence, for the murder a convenience store clerk. His execution passed unnoticed for years until a team of Columbia Law School faculty and students chose to investigate h...

Back in Brussels, Vincent Delecroix Klara Buda – In your lyrical story, Back in Brussels, it is easy to find you, the author. It was fun to discover that you are part of those rare species that may still fall in love. Vincent Delecroix –...

Flames of childhood passion often die. How many astronauts and ballerinas are among us? Yet some talent is so profound that even early efforts signify genius. The tiny, hand-lettered, hand-bound books Charlotte and Branwell Brontë made as children s...

Reformed workaholic Arianna Huffington on Wednesday urged a Harvard audience to unplug, get some sleep, and give to others, all as a way to get more out of life. Huffington, the president and editor in chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, said i...