Pope Francis, who turns 88 on Dec. 17, is the second-oldest pope in modern history (after Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903 at ...

The Sette Ottobre association, founded in the wake of Hamas's antisemitic pogrom with the aim of 'defending the values of ...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif , says she still receives communion in her home archdiocese despite the archbishop who governs that territory banning her from taking part in the sacrament ...

In his book, Cornet asserts that Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation was invalid and ... According to La Nación, in mid-May, a letter from the Vatican asked Cornet “to withdraw the book from ...

While popes often tinker with the rules regulating the conclave that will elect their successor, a revision of the papal funeral rites became necessary after Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI died on Dec ...

Pope Francis has been given a new electric popemobile, equipped with a rotating heated seat and special places for the Swiss ...

ANALYSIS: Building on previous initiatives with Vietnam’s communist regime, Pope Francis’ recent gestures of dialogue have ...

A visibly bruised Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals from five continents on Saturday, including bishops from Algiers, ...

The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua has kidnapped and expelled from the country Father Floriano Ceferino Vargas, a ...

Since succeeding Benedict XVI in 2013, the Pope has made concern for the environment ... s pleas to protect the environment. In an open letter to the pontiff, they said: “It doesn’t make ...

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President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Labor Department, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., surprised some political ...