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

Born Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the eldest of five children of Italian immigrants.

China on Monday warned other countries against making trade deals with the United States to China’s detriment. Governments ...

Mark Carney’s political career is only months old, and it’s already been a roller-coaster ride. The former central banker ...

The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at a Texas Walmart — one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history — ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of ...

Pope Francis has died at the age of 88. The 88-year-old pope, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, has long battled health problems, especially bouts of acute bronchitis in winter. The ...

Indonesia and China said Monday they committed to maritime cooperation promoting safety and security in the South China Sea, amid longstanding Indonesian suspicions about ...

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof paid tribute to Francis, saying the pope “was in every way a man of the people. “The global Catholic community bids farewell to a leader who recognized the burning ...

The Supreme Court acted “literally in the middle of the night” and without sufficient explanation in blocking the Trump ...

Two individuals have been arrested in Connecticut following an investigation in which 30 mistreated animals were seized and ...

The days of running backs being the headliners at the NFL draft are long in the past with the league’s shift to more passing ...