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

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, a vocal defender of migrants and critic of Donald Trump’s first ...

Only 2 1/2 years after being named a cardinal, a top San Diego spiritual leader is headed to Washington, D.C., as archbishop, ...

A soccer-loving nun from Brazil is believed to have become the world's oldest living person at nearly 117 following the ...

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 ...

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Two attempted attacks on Pope Francis ... the same intention.” Francis, who turns 88 on Tuesday, made the remarks in a new memoir, “Hope,” which will be released early next year.

Pope Francis in France ... with the same intention.” Francis, who turns 88 on Tuesday, made the remarks in a new memoir, “Hope,” which will be released early next year.

Non-fiction has seen better sales days, but memoirs from Geraldine Brooks and Hannah Kent might help revive the genre – or ...

Pope Francis, visiting Corsica for the first time ... The Pope arrived after a 75-minute early morning flight from Rome, where he received a brief official welcome at Ajaccio’s Napoleon ...

Notre Dame football fans packed a New Orleans hotel ballroom on Wednesday morning for Mass, offering prayers for those killed during a deadly terrorist attack in the French Quarter in the early ...