Venus and Saturn will align with a crescent moon to create the illusion of a smiley face in the sky on the morning of April ...

In his landmark 2015 encyclical “Praised Be,” Pope Francis cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral ...

In his final will, Francis said he wanted to be buried at St. Mary Major Basilica, which is home to the Salus Populi Romani ...

A lot of unusual terms and Latin words will be thrown around in the coming days as the Vatican picks a new pope. Here's what ...

There are always front-runners in a conclave, known as “papabile,” who have at least some of the qualities considered ...

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The FTC said it received multiple complaints from people who were enrolled in the program without their knowledge.

Francis died on Monday at the age of 88. Vatican officials later announced he suffered a stroke that put him in a coma and ...

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WASHINGTON — The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the ...

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method — a system known as the Papal conclave.

Francis died Monday morning at 7:35 a.m. Central European Summer Time, or 1:35 a.m. Eastern Time, according to the Vatican announcement. He had been pope for 12 years after ascending to the head of ...