This is Latin for “having had mercy and choosing him” — a phrase that Francis chose as his motto when he was elevated to ...

The Los Angeles Innocence Project claims Scott Peterson was denied his rights to due process and a fair trial because jurors ...

Pope Francis understood the power of a simple touch. Some of the most iconic moments of his papacy were those when he ...

It's still not a good idea to use the app for sensitive government information, and it's weird that we have to keep saying that.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” ...

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After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the ...

Pope Francis, the charismatic and conciliatory Argentinian who moved to liberalize the Roman Catholic Church, dramatically ...

Cardinals attend Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, before they enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be, on March ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Some takeaways about the life of Pope Francis, who died Monday: ...

The first pope from the Americas was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 17, 1936. He was chosen ...