Celebrating with a cake with twelve candles, as many as his years of pontificate, the eighty-eight-year-old Pontiff entered ...

An old saying about the Vatican states that “the pope is never sick until he’s dead,” and this position has held true in ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, and Chicago-born Cardinals Robert Prevost and Wilton Gregory would be part ...

There is no reason why such delegation of papal obligations cannot continue, especially since Francis remains conscious and ...

Thus, the current president renamed, no doubt temporarily, the tallest mountain in the United States from Denali, which is ...

The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a lawsuit that challenges Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” for minors who have gender dysphoria or same-sex attraction and will ...

At his Wednesday audience, when he’s in good health, Pope Francis hosts the “Sposi Novelli,” inviting newlyweds from around ...

In the Senate, two Black women are serving concurrently for the first time. And in the House, two states and one U.S. territory elected their first Black, Hispanic or Pacific Islander woman lawmaker.

The Pope joined as a "recipient", the Vatican said. On Saturday morning the 88-year-old prayed in the chapel of the papal suite at Gemelli Hospital, the Vatican said. The Pope has not been seen in ...

South Carolina is one of 27 U.S. states that have the death penalty, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, a nonprofit that provides data and analysis on issues concerning capital ...

Footage shows passengers huddled on the wing of the commercial airliner, which was on the tarmac, as flames burn under the aircraft. The university suspended, expelled or revoked the degrees of ...

Under canon law, a papal resignation is only valid if made freely and properly declared. “It is a personal decision that no one can impose on the pope,” a Vatican canon law expert emphasized.