The election of a new pope is both mysterious and theatrical. The spectacle draws huge crowds and global attention—and yet nobody outside the Sistine Chapel knows what is going on, until white smoke from a chimney signals that there is a result. (McGill & Walker, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreLarge portions of the historic Clayborn Temple in downtown Memphis, a key meeting spot for the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike that brought Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to the city, burned to the ground on April 28. (Muckerman, USA Today)
Read MoreThough it has its critics, the film treats the gravity of a papal election with respect and accurately portrays many rituals and contemporary problems facing today’s Catholic Church. But Vatican experts warn the movie doesn’t get everything right. (Meyer, AP News)
Read MoreWhile discussions about the economic challenges of falling birth rates exist across the political spectrum, the right has increasingly taken up the cause under the banner of "pronatalism" to promote higher birth rates. (Hagen, NPR)
Read MoreInside Meta… staffers across multiple departments have raised concerns that the company’s rush to popularize these bots may have crossed ethical lines, including by quietly endowing AI personas with the capacity for fantasy sex, according to people who worked on them. (Horwitz, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreThe nation’s highest court will hear oral arguments Wednesday over the constitutionality of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School — a blockbuster case that could remake bedrock constitutional principles. (Jouvenal & Meckler, The Washington Post)
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