Few things are as carefully choreographed in the Catholic Church as the period between two popes. The time of the "empty chair," as the interregnum is referred to, consists of three stages.

Responses to my column on books indicate that many people agree with a recent letter in the Wall Street Journal: “The joy of ...

I was reading about the history of Earth Day. It is odd to think that this annual April 22 activity has been around for 55 years, and the majority of Americans were not even alive when it became a ...

While activists see more people interested in environmental improvements, there's disappointment over a lack of progress and ...

The holiday remains one of the largest secular observances in the world, used to spotlight ongoing threats including plastic ...