Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

All eyes are on the chimney over the Sistine Chapel for signs of white smoke that will herald the election of a new pope.

Maybe we need to ask ourselves, all these centuries later: are we listening?

Twenty-three-year-old Joshua Steel found a "great sense of peace" that he couldn't find anywhere else when he started ...

Trump made immigration enforcement and the mass deportation of immigrants in the United States illegally a centerpiece of his ...

The Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the United States illegally $1,000 plus travel costs if they leave ...

An all-volunteer orchestra will perform a special show for a good cause Sunday at Boston's Symphony Hall. The Kendall Square Orchestra has nearly 100 members and most are classically trained musicians ...

President Donald Trump made some more announcements in social media posts late Sunday — he said he’s ordered federal agencies ...

In Detroit, traditionalist Catholics were bracing for a crackdown. The promise of change in Rome offers them a sliver of hope ...

Jeff Hood, a priest living in North Little Rock, has witnessed nine executions. As a spiritual adviser to men on death row, ...

President Donald Trump said Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected his proposal to send U.S. troops to Mexico to help ...

Casper Ruud has become the first Norwegian to win a Masters 1000 title after beating Jack Draper 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 in the Madrid ...