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Catholics in my prison mourned the death of a pope who advocated for them. But they are hopeful the next pope will consider them, too.

Their faces, hats and flamenco dresses caked in dust, hundreds of pilgrims gathered around an ox-driven carriage with their icon of ...

Preparations are underway for the military parade for the Army's 250th anniversary in D.C. -- an event also scheduled on ...

Bolivia's Supreme Electoral Tribunal has approved 10 presidential tickets for the Aug. 17 election, confirming that former ...

World leaders at a United Nations conference in France now call for an end to ocean-plundering activity with a global ...

Pope Leo has openly criticized nationalist political movements. He had made the comments on Sunday during Mass at the Vatican ...

A million people make wilderness pilgrimage to honour 13th-century Virgin Mary icon - The romería del Rocío has grown into ...

Sister Maria Gloria Riva from a cloistered, contemplative monastery in the small state of San Marino in Italy, was the ...

NATO allies are expected to be asked to pump up their defense spending when the organization's Secretary General Mark Rutte ...

At one month since his election to the papacy May 8, Pope Leo XIV has so far demonstrated a continuity with his predecessor, ...