Francis comforts typhoon survivors
TACLOBAN, Philippines — Pope Francis traveled to the far eastern Philippines to comfort survivors of devastating Typhoon Haiyan in 2013...
He said there are free speech limits
MANILA, Philippines — Pope Francis said there are limits to freedom of speech, especially when it insults or ridicules someone’s fait...
He stresses bond with U.S.
PARIS — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry paid respect in both English and French Friday to the victims of last week’s terrorist attacks in Pa...
WASHINGTON — A survey of members of the new Congress finds that more than 90 percent say they're Christians.
The Pew Research Center analysis of data collected by CQ Rol...
Newspaper sells out
PARIS — France ordered prosecutors around the country today to crack down on hate speech, anti-Semitism and glorifying terrorism, announcing that 54 p...
VIENNA — Austria’s government is looking at options that would allow it to expropriate the house where Adolf Hitler spent his early childhood.
The move is the latest in ...
Country's 1st saint canonized
MADHU, Sri Lanka — Pope Francis traveled to the jungles of war-torn northern Sri Lanka today for a deeply symbolic show of solidarity with t...
Pope makes visit to Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Pope Francis brought calls for reconciliation as well as justice in Sri Lanka today at the start of a weeklong Asian to...
CAIRO — Egyptian authorities have exhausted all legal grounds to keep deposed President Hosni Mubarak in detention after an appeals court today ordered his retrial in a ...
Terror suspects are cornered
DAMMARTIN-EN-GOELE, France — French security forces struggled with two rapidly developing hostage-taking situations today, one northeast of P...
