The government still faces two challenges in the coming weeks: the risk of a no-confidence vote and a tight budget deadline.

The French presidential palace has unveiled a new center-right government more than two months after elections that produced ...

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Prime Minister Edi Rama says he wants to give members of the Bektashi, a Shiite Sufi order, their own Vatican-style enclave ...

Most married Filipinos cannot legally end their marriage in the Catholic-majority country. A new bill looks set to change ...

Pope Francis on Friday criticised the recent crackdown on protesters by Argentine President Javier Milei's government, in a ...

Cruise ships turned away, angry locals protesting against visitors, even cities charging tourists to visit. The images and reality of the backlash against mass tourism are becoming increasingly ...

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Following new accusations of sexual violence against the once-renowned Capuchin priest Abbé Pierre, the Catholic Church in ...

The Vatican has given the green light for Catholics to continue flocking to a southern Bosnian village where children ...

Ending a 15-year probe into the Marian apparitions reported at Medjugorje, the Church said it recognised the 'abundant ...

"It's often when Francis is on the road that he's able to underscore the simplicity that he expects from church leaders," ...