ROME — The College of Cardinals gathered on Tuesday in the Vatican for the final meeting before the conclave to elect a new ...

With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will ...

More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the secretary of state under Francis and himself a leading contender to succeed as pope, assumed the ...

Trump paused reciprocal tariffs for 90 days on April 9, saying countries were eager to negotiate deals. The first emerged a ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

The universal church is on full display during the waiting-for-white-smoke period. Watchers who gather at St. Peter's Square ...

Francis-era reforms that saw a diverse group of cardinals join the mix make his successor nearly impossible to call.

President Trump said Britain had agreed to increase market access for billions of dollars in American exports, including beef ...

The first American pope succeeds Francis, preaching peace while confronting Church divides and urgent global crises.

The older boy showed a gun and stole two handguns from the younger boy, he said. Detectives executed a search warrant at a residence in Syracuse. Two handguns were recovered: a 9mm semi-automatic ...