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Canadians voted Monday to elect Liberal Party leader Mark Carney to a full term as prime minister following a tight race ...

Ballots are burned in the process, but the smoke seen by the world is created using another stove, the Vatican Information ...

He has given a great witness of humility, of closeness to the people, of living out the Gospel values. He has left a great example for us to follow,” a priest from Honduras told America.

The death of Pope Francis paves the way for one of the most secretive events in human history, as depicted in the papal ...

POPE Francis did not give lectures on governance; the Holy Father acted it out. Good governance is a catch phrase often ...

Columnist Will Sutton says MAGA might like to see an African pope and considers whether Black Catholics might agree.

Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle will be among those assisting in preparations for the upcoming papal conclave, scheduled on May 7 ...

In the crush of Catholic Church news in the week since Pope Francis died, a theme keeps appearing: Hope that the next pontiff will be a true conservative.