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A game that's been circled on the schedule since St. John's and Rick Pitino replaced UCLA in the CBS Sports Classic. The "C-A-T-S! Cats! Cats! Cats!" chants filled State Farm Arena as UK Head Coach ...

Blunt-force honesty has been a trademark of Rick Pitino and Mark Pope's relationship dating back to the early 1990s when Pope was a blossoming recruit. It was Pitino ...

Pope John picked up bonus points in six bouts to roll to a 41-25 road win over No. 9 in the NJ.com Top 20 Mount Olive in Flanders. Two-time state metalist Dalton Weber pinned Nicholas Drew at 132 ...

The first full-length book by Pope Leo XIV to come out in the U.S. will be published next year. HarperOne announced Wednesday that it had acquired world rights to "Peace Be with You! My Words to the ...

Note: In the days ahead, the Mercury will take a closer look at all all 12 Pioneer Athletic Conference boys’ basketball programs now that the 2025-26 season has officially arrived. First up is ...

A man who attacked Pope John Paul II in 1981 was escorted from the Turkish town of Iznik on Nov. 27 ahead of Pope Leo XIV's visit there, Turkish media reported. In May 1981, Turkish national Mehmet ...

Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, August 6, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.) Listen ROME – Any time a pope visits the Middle East, it’s ...

LINCOLN – Mo Guernon of Lincoln said he can still remember when he saw Albino Luciani, better known as Pope John Paul I, emerge from St. Peter’s Basilica for the very first time. “It was August 1978, ...

Vatican City • A new Vatican doctrinal note describes marriage as an exclusive and “indissoluble union” between one man and one woman, reaffirming the Catholic Church’s criticism of polygamy and ...

VATICAN CITY, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Pope Leo will embark on his first trip outside Italy on Thursday, travelling to Turkey and Lebanon. Here is a history of papal foreign visits, which have become a ...