VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach ...

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The town of Hopkinton, located about 26.2 miles west of Boston, is the gathering place for a field of about 30,000 runners of the Boston Marathon 2025.

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The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins. They involve the certification of death and public ...

Classes are set to resume on Monday at Florida State University following an on-campus mass shooting last week, but students have been afforded the option to skip them.

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Tributes to Pope Francis poured in on Monday, as presidents, prime ministers and other world leaders reacted to the news of his death.

VATICAN CITY -- Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five ...

Pope Francis called for "a church for the poor," a church that would reach out to what he called the "peripheries." He called for a humble, more merciful and inclusive church, and repeatedly ...

Pope Francis' death sets into motion a series of formalized rites and observances that occur during what is called the interregnum, which begins upon the pontiff's passing and ends with the election ...

The church officially recognizes St. Peter, the first pope, as the longest-serving, with at least 34 years. However, many historians dispute that as impossible to verify, and instead say the ...