VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has signed off on the miracle needed to make Mother Teresa a saint, giving the nun who cared for the poorest of the poor one of the Catholic ...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis entered his 80th year today amid hopes among his critics that it will be his last — at least as pope.
While Francis remains enormously popula...
Canadian accused of crimes vs. state
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea’s Supreme Court sentenced a Canadian pastor to life in prison with hard labor today for what it ...
PARIS — President Barack Obama expressed optimism today that Russia will ultimately come around on the need for Syrian President Bashar Assad to leave power to end his c...
President speaks at conference
LE BOURGET, France — Pushing for a powerful climate deal, President Barack Obama called the global talks opening today outside Paris an “ac...
BANGUI, Central African Republic — Pope Francis ventured into the volatile Muslim enclave of Central African Republic’s capital today and brought his message of reconcil...
France holds remembrance
PARIS — A subdued France paid homage Friday to those killed two weeks ago in the attacks that gripped Paris in fear and mourning, honoring each o...
MADRID — Local politicians in Pamplona on Friday called for an investigation into crimes allegedly committed against residents by the dictatorship of the late Gen. Franc...
PARIS — French President Francois Hollande was meeting with environmental groups Saturday, pushing for an ambitious global deal to reduce man-made emissions blamed for g...
DAKAR, Senegal — A mortar attack Saturday on a United Nations base in northern Mali killed at least three people, including two U.N. peacekeepers and a contractor.
No on...