As atrocities against civilians surge globally, the Vatican's top diplomat to the United Nations stressed the crucial need ...

The announcement appeared last week in the calendar of papal liturgies published by the Prefecture of the Pontifical ...

The papal staff, used only by the pope and topped with a cross or a crucifix, is different from the bishop’s crozier — the ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The 19-year-old driver charged with murder after a deadly 12-car crash last year will not face the death penalty, prosecutors said Tuesday. Jose Gutierrez pleaded not guilty to the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday closed out the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year, capping a yearlong celebration of Christianity that saw some 33 million pilgrims flock to Rome and a historic papal ...

HAVERFORD TWP., Pa. (WPVI) -- A law now in effect in Haverford Township, Delaware County requires children under the age of 16 to wear helmets on electric scooters and bicycles. This applies to anyone ...

ROME – Pope Leo XIV closed out 2025 on Wednesday with a prayer that the city of Rome might be a welcoming place for foreigners and fragile people, young and old. Leo presided over a New Year’s Eve ...

Read full article: Police deaths nationwide poised to fall below 100 for first time since 1940s Read full article: New year, no answers after Harris County hit-and-run death Harris County seeks help ...

Vatican Pope New Year's Eve Pope Leo XIV arrives to preside over the first Vespers and the 'Te Deum' in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025 ...

Pope Benedict XVI (1927–2022), the 265th pope, served from April 19, 2005, to February 28, 2013—a period of 7 years, 10 months, and 10 days. He voluntarily resigned from the papal office. On February ...