Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona ...

Jan. 6 is the date required by law. But the legacy of Jan. 6, 2021, hangs over Monday's proceedings as the Republican who ...

The FBI is investigating an early Wednesday attack in which a U.S. Army veteran drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year ...

Pope Francis named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego, a San Francisco native, as the archbishop of Washington, tapping one of his most progressively like-minded allies to head the Catholic Church ...

Police in Las Vegas say they are exploring “strange similarities” between the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck and the attack ...

McElroy, 70, replaces the retiring Cardinal Wilton Gregory, who steps down after having navigated the archdiocese through the ...

Cardinal Walter McElroy of San Diego is named by Pope Francis to replace the retiring Cardinal Wilton Gregory leading the ...

Church of England leader, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby was due to leave his post Monday, two months after resigning ...

At least 10 buildings and multiple artifacts from the 5th or 6th century have been uncovered in southern Israel in what authorities say is an ancient Byzantine monastery thousands of years old, ...

The meeting, organised by the Sant’Egidio Foundation for Peace and Dialogue, will be attended by His Holiness Pope Francis, Head of the Catholic Church; Sergio Mattarella, President of Italy; Ursula ...

President Joe Biden has canceled a planned trip to Rome to meet with Pope Francis so that he can instead focus on federal ...