While elements of the Roman Catholic Church may go in different directions, there is a long history of close association ...

The conclave of the College of Cardinals has elected a new pope on the second day of balloting at the Vatican.

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“There is nothing clever or funny about this image, Mr. President,” posted the official account for the New York State ...

A judge will now decide whether a Catholic archdiocese in Newfoundland and Labrador has the right to sell a church in a tiny ...

President Donald Trump said Thursday that it was a “great honor” to have struck a trade agreement with Britain, predicting ...

A newly declassified memo destroys Trump’s justification for using a wartime powers law to round up Venezuelan immigrants and ...

Signs of the times. As Trump embraces Catholic symbols and allies, a new “Catholic moment” emerges in U.S. politics—one ...

Americans are learning what it’s like to live with a president who sees no constraints on his actions and who apparently ...

SMOKE SIGNAL — In just a few hours, 133 men will pray, convene and begin a series of votes that could shape the course of human history. So will begin the much-awaited conclave to select the successor ...

The big U.S. Supreme Court decisions due in the coming two months include three cases on the religion clauses in the Constitution’s Bill of Rights. At issue: Can a state deny a tax benefit to ...