The Oscar-winning film is about the papal selection process. But how accurate is it to real life? Rev. Thomas Reese and ...

For Poetry Month we are revisting San Francisco poet Q.R. Hand Jr.'s 1983 reading at the South Market Cultural Center.

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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago and a member of the College of Cardinals - the group that will help elect the next pope.

State of the Bay discusses Mayor Lurie's new "family zoning" plan, delves into the effect of tariffs on Bay Area businesses ...

Before he died, Pope Francis met briefly Sunday morning with Vice President Vance. Vance was in Italy over the weekend meeting with Italian officials and celebrating Easter with his family.

Father James Martin remembers Pope Francis, who has died at age 88. A Martínez is one of the hosts of Morning Edition and Up First. He came to NPR in 2021 and is based out of NPR West.

NPR asks the House Intelligence Committee's top Democrat, Jim Himes of Connecticut, about a report that Defense Secretary Hegseth shared details of a strike on Houthi rebels in a second Signal chat.

Thomas Wenski, the archbishop of Miami, reacts to the death of Pope Francis, who he met in 2020. Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

NPR international correspondent Ruth Sherlock and NPR religion correspondent Jason DeRose provide the latest updates after Pope Francis's death.

Pope Francis's death sets an ancient machinery into motion. Soon, with a puff of smoke, the last absolute monarchy in Europe ...

Pope Francis's death sets an ancient machinery into motion. Soon, with a puff of smoke, the last absolute monarchy in Europe ...