DALLAS — The body of an alleged serial killer and convicted rapist buried in a Texas national cemetery will be exhumed. Fernando Cota, a Vietnam War veteran and a prime suspect in the murder of six ...

Christmas 2025 marks the very first Christmas Pope Leo will be serving as pontiff for the traditional holiday mass. The mass is free, but tickets are required. If you can’t make it to Rome this ...

The body of an alleged serial killer buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery will be exhumed. Pictured, headstones dot Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, in Dallas.

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday condemned the "rubble and open wounds" left behind by wars, singling out the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza as he conducted his first Christmas homily. "Fragile is the ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope, offered his first Christmas sermon as pontiff on Thursday, praying for peace from wars and freedom from economic distress. A crowd of 26,000 gathered to hear ...

Pope Leo XIV opened the new year Thursday with an appeal to the world for peace and urging people everywhere to begin 2026 by rejecting violence and committing to reconciliation. Speaking during his ...

Pope Leo XIV appealed to Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to veto a bill legalizing assisted suicide during a Vatican meeting last month, the pope told reporters Tuesday. The pope, responding to a question ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those who have lost everything, such as in Gaza, those who are ...

Pope Leo XIV will preside over his first Christmas Eve mass at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in Rome on Dec. 24. The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first leader of the Roman Catholic Church ...

Leo XIV’s Christmas address was his first since being elected pontiff and was scrutinized for comparisons with those of his predecessor, Francis. By Motoko Rich Reporting from Vatican City Pope Leo ...

Pope Leo XIV told Vatican and Holy See employees to see their daily work as part of the Church’s mission, saying that doing one’s job well “gives glory to the Lord.” Meeting the workers for a ...

Pope Leo XIV opened 2026 on Thursday with a plea for peace, singling out in particular countries "bloodied by conflict" and families wounded by violence. Leo celebrated a New Year's Day Mass in St.