Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history's first American pope.

Robert Francis Prevost, the first US-born pope, embodies Catholicism’s anti-nationalist ethos. Will he follow Pope Francis in ...

Allied in World War II, Russia and Western European powers are now adversaries as they mark 80 years since the surrender of ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II with a massive military parade ...

Ukrainian officials say Russia has struck northeastern Ukraine in the opening hours of a 72-hour ceasefire called by Russian ...

Portnoy, who is Jewish, took to Instagram to first rage against the perpetrators, but later announced he would make this ugly incident a “teaching moment.” ...

VATICAN CITY — White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that a pope has been elected to lead the ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected the first North American pope in history, taking the name Leo XIV. The Chicago-born ...

The conclave’s choice does not have to be a priest, at least when elected. Like St. Peter himself, Leo X, one of the de’ ...

Critics of religious academies compare modern parental concerns over sexual ethics to mid-century racism. But the echo they ...

New global data shows what makes for a flourishing life. It isn’t what we think. The Global Flourishing Study has surprising ...

The assault came two days before a unilateral three-day ceasefire President Vladimir Putin announced to coincide with celebrations marking Victory Day in World War II.