Who Is Attending Pope Francis’ Funeral? Guests Include Prince Williams, Trump and More

Pope Francis’ funeral on Saturday will bring together leaders who sometimes clashed with the pope on issues such as global migration.

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‘The Two Popes,’ ‘Conclave’ and Francis’ Autobiography: The Papacy in Recent Culture

The Vatican — with its politics, its pageantry and its power — has long been a favorite subject for artists and thinkers.

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Pope Francis Celebrated Easter and Met With JD Vance the Day Before He Died

The pontiff met with Vice President JD Vance on Sunday and blessed Catholics gathered for Easter. His doctors had urged him to rest.

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Heathrow Was Warned of Power Supply Vulnerabilities, Airlines Advocate Says

The official told a parliamentary committee that he had raised concerns about the resilience of Heathrow’s electricity supply just days before a fire forced the airport to shut down.

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Primark CEO Resigns After ‘Error of Judgment’

Paul Marchant has left the clothing retailer after “an allegation made by an individual about his behavior,” the company said.

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Turkey Deports BBC Reporter Who Covered Mass Protests

Mark Lowen was detained in Istanbul after reporting on unrest prompted by the arrest of a rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the broadcaster said.

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UK University Gets Record Free Speech Fine Over Transgender Policy

A regulator penalized the school three years after a professor quit in response to what she said was a campaign of harassment over her views on transgender identity.

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How George Lewis Made Comedy Gold Imagining Two Toddlers Chatting

George Lewis’s riffs on the absurdities of millennial parenting — and the inner lives of 2-year-olds — have won him legions of fans online and galvanized his once middling stand-up career.

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Not Time’s Fool: A Rare Version of a Shakespeare Sonnet Is Discovered

An Oxford researcher found a rare, handwritten variation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous love poems. About 400 years ago, its meaning might have been very different.

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