Ise Jingu — the most revered Shinto shrine in Japan — is knocked down and rebuilt from scratch, a tradition that has been ...

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

President Vladimir Putin noted that he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping would discuss bilateral and global issues at their ...

If you asked Africans who they’d want as the next Pope, most would likely choose one of their own. Yesterday, a total of 133 ...

Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa said Wednesday that his country is holding indirect talks with Israel to prevent recent hostilities from getting out of control.

Outside in St. Peter’s Square, the scene was festive as thousands of people flocked to the piazza to watch the proceedings on giant video screens, applauding when the Sistine Chapel’s doors slammed ...

As the Catholic Church prepares to elect a new pontiff following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, 17 African ...

A federal judge says the jury in the sex trafficking trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs isn't expected to be finalized until Friday, two days later than expected. The ...

The first papal conclave in 12 years begins on Wednesday at the Vatican after a morning Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. At 4:30 ...

Over 100,000 registrations received from nurses across 199* countries - a 28% increase from the third edition, which received 78,000+ registrations.One of the shortlisted Top 10 finalists will be hono ...

There's increasing hope among Catholics in the Philippines that one of their own, Cardinal Luis Tagle, who is considered a ...