In lavish halls, days before a conclave will select a new pope, power brokers came together for a mix of devotion, activism, ...

From Bergamo, 60-year-old Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa brings the “Mother Church” back among the electors of a Pope for ...

From his new name to the title he uses to introduce himself, a pope’s first appearance involves symbolic choices that signal ...

St. Louis has agreed to pay $4 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that inmates at a former medium-security ...

The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...

Achieving independence as the United States of America was a lengthy and unlikely struggle for the 13 original colonies. Over ...

The King and Queen have unveiled portraits commissioned to mark their coronation, two years on since they were ...