Donald Trump might not be president yet, but world leaders have been preparing for his second term, including the head of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics, Pope Francis. On the notoriously significant date of Jan.

McElroy of San Diego has been appointed the next archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, following Pope Francis' acceptance of the resignation of Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, the first African American cardinal, the Vatican announced Jan. 6.

Pope Francis on Monday formalized the retirement of Cardinal Wilton Gregory by announcing his successor as archbishop of Washington, D.C. Gregory previously served as the seventh bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Belleville from 1993 to 2004. He was ...

Pope Francis has met with more than 100 comedians from across the world, including Jimmy Fallon, Chris Rock and Whoopi Goldberg, at the Vatican in Rome. The Pope said comedians have the "power to ...

Joy has hosted distinguished speakers such as St. Louis radio and TV personality Carol Daniels, American Catholic Church’s Cardinal Wilton Daniel Gregory, and Edwardsville School District’s ...

The Vatican City State’s first decree regulating the use of artificial intelligence quietly came into effect this month prohibiting discriminatory uses of AI and establishing a special ...

HAVANA, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Tuesday his government would "gradually" release 553 prisoners following talks with the Vatican, a decision announced just ...

The full Israeli cabinet passed the agreement during a meeting that continued into the Jewish Sabbath, setting up the first reprieve in Gaza in over a year. By Aaron BoxermanRawan Sheikh ...

TikTok to ‘Go Dark’ on Sunday for Its 170 Million American Users The company said it would cut off its services unless the U.S. assured Apple, Google and other companies that they would not be ...

The pope’s wheelchair came to a stop before the small Holy Door, typically sealed, in the grand St. Peter’s Basilica. According to tradition and a ritual largely unchanged since the 1500s, the ...