The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...

ROME — Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration’s mass deportation of migrants , warning that ...

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of an influential Peruvian bishop, who has come under criticism for not doing ...

Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration’s mass deportation of migrants, warning that the ...

In his newly released memoir, Hope, the story of the world that made Jorge Mario Bergoglio — and, by extension, the world ...

Local authorities have not yet confirmed the number of injured people and warned that the death toll could rise.

Pope Francis’ point-man on migration and development has urged the Trump administration to remember Christian principles ...

The Vatican’s charity voiced outrage Monday at what it called the “reckless” and “unhuman” U.S. plans to gut USAID.

Cardinal Michael Czerny, Pope Francis’ point-man on migration and development, has urged the U.S. administration of President ...

Before Rome awoke, the jurisconsult supervised the grooming of an Indian white elephant, an “exotic” marvel meant to match ...