Pope Francis opens the Synod of Bishops' general assembly in Rome Wednesday, which in a historic first gives women a vote, after a vast global consultation on the future Catholic Church.
Five children representing five continents speak with Pope Francis in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on Oct. 1. The Pope ...
A woman who escaped Hawaii’s Lahaina wildfire by running through a flaming field has died after spending more than seven ...
Pope Francis has condemned bodyshaming while admitting that he was guilty of doing it himself when he was a boy. He made this ...
The man suffered multiple gunshot wounds throughout his body. Police say the victim was taken to the hospital where he was ...
ANKARA, Turkey >> A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the heart of the Turkish capital, Ankara, while a second assailant was killed in a shootout with police Sunday, the interior ...
A traffic stop captured on video by a bystander shows a handcuffed Black man with swollen eyes and a bloody face sitting on the ground surrounded by officers outside a ...
Pope Francis has elected 21 new cardinals to help reform the Catholic Church, leaning heavily on diversity just days ahead of ...
With Saturday’s ceremony, Pope Francis will have named 99 of the 137 cardinals who are eligible to vote to elect his successor.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals at a ritual-filled ceremony Saturday, including key figures at the ...
Newly elected Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (right), receives his ...
The 86-year-old pontiff spoke at an ecumenical prayer vigil attended by leaders of various Christian Churches in St. Peter's Square ahead of the opening on Wednesday of major month-long meeting in the ...
