VATICAN CITY - One papal election held during a sizzling Roman summer had cardinals collapsing of dehydration and heart attacks. The top candidate eventually died, and t...
Church ready for conclave
VATICAN CITY - The Roman Catholic Church was completing its official nine-day mourning period for Pope John Paul II on Saturday while its cardin...
PARIS - People screamed to be rescued from flames - some even jumped from windows - as a fire roared through a Paris hotel early today used by the government to house ne...
Iraqi security also attacked
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A pair of car bombs exploded near government offices in the Iraqi capital today, killing 18 people and wounding three dozen o...
Cardinals set sights on vote
VATICAN CITY - Clutching rosaries, medals and flowers, thousands of people filed past the simple white marble tomb of Pope John Paul II today...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents set off a series of explosions today, killing 12 police officers near Kirkuk and hitting a Defense Department convoy as a senior American offi...
Permanent military bases also possible
KABUL, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai said today he is preparing a formal request to President Bush for a long-term security ...
Visitors stop inside the grottos of St. Peter's Basilica Wednesday at the Vatican in front of the grave of Pope John Paul II on the opening day of the burial site. The g...
He visits U.S. troops there
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, on another quick visit to Iraq, pressed the country's new leaders today to avoid delays in ...
Law at heart of sex scandal
VATICAN CITY - Barbara Blaine clutched a pile of blue and yellow fliers as she walked alone Monday onto one of the most venerated sites in Cat...
