Lake Michigan ice is breaking up in Door County, Wisconsin. The shanty towns are coming down, but the lake was covered in ice just a few months ago.

Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the ...

As with millions of Catholics in Latin America, he was curious to know who ... Bergoglio included visits to the “villas” – shanty towns outside the capital – where he became a familiar ...

Analysts believe South Africa’s ageing infrastructure and power issues dull the impact of gold’s global rally Read Full ...

Pope Francis, 88, died of a stroke and heart failure, the Vatican said. Francis was last seen Sunday when he gave the ...

Francis travelled to many countries, drawing immense crowds. Despite a concerted push by Australian Catholics, he never made ...