Kolleen Rayne

Kolleen Rayne

Pope Benedict XVI Has Died At 95

Arguably the most incendiary issue Benedict faced upon becoming pope was the ongoing fallout from the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests, as well as accusations of a cover-up effort on the part of church administration. When Benedict became…

Queen’s Piper Plays Bagpipes At Funeral

The moving moments were especially symbolic given the Queen started most days with the sound of bagpipes. As something of an alarm clock, the piper would play at 9 a.m. for 15 minutes for the monarch wherever she was in…

U.S. Leaves Vietnam’s War Dead Unidentified

Damien Cave, the Vietnam bureau chief for The New York Times, takes us to a cemetery in northern Vietnam, where scientists are using innovative DNA analysis techniques to match unidentified Vietnamese soldiers with their living relatives before U.S.A.I.D. cuts defund…