WASHINGTON (AP) — One of Pope Francis’ final encounters before his death was with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who visited ...

Many recalled his legacy as the first pope from Latin America, and the first Jesuit to reach the pinnacle of church hierarchy ...

There are always front-runners, known as “papabile,” who have at least some of the qualities considered necessary to be pope.

Pope Francis, who died on Monday, revised various rites last year, simplifying the funeral rituals to emphasize his role as a ...

Brothers and sisters, Happy Easter,” he said Sunday from the same loggia where Jorge Mario Bergoglio was introduced to the ...

With immense gratitude for his example as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus, we commend the soul of Pope Francis to the infinite merciful love of God, One and Triune.” ...

Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons. But he upheld it ...

The Easter Egg Roll is one of the oldest White House traditions. It dates to 1878 and the presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes, who opened the lawn to children after Congress banned them from rolling ...

The White House late Sunday dismissed the report as a "non-story," insisting that no classified information was shared.

Opponents of President Donald Trump’s administration took to the streets of communities large and small across the U.S. on ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia on Sunday of creating a false appearance of honoring an Easter ...

Russia and Ukraine are blaming each other for breaking the one-day Easter ceasefire that Putin had declared. The State ...