Hamas says Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage in Gaza, will be released as part of efforts to establish a ...

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News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

Pakistan and India have agreed to a ceasefire to end the worst military confrontation between them in decades. They accused ...

Although I am not a follower of Catholicism, I join the billions of people mourning the passing of Pope Francis on Easter Monday. He was the embodiment of ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity ...

Judge pauses much of Trump administration’s massive downsizing of federal agencies in lawsuit filed by unions and cities.

Pope Leo XIV, now the successor of St. Peter, leads the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church in a sacred role that few others ...

An interview with a brother of Pope Leo XIV conducted by a journalist for The Associated Press was interrupted when the new pontiff called his sibling via FaceTime from Rome.

The Associated Press and four other media organizations have filed a federal lawsuit in Indiana seeking media access to the ...

This week the Catholic Church selected a new leader. After the white smoke appeared Cardinal Robert Prevost appeared on Vatican balcony as Pope Leo XIV. The selection of the first ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...