Top priorities outlined
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI today pledged to work to unify all Christians, reach out to other religions and continue implementing reforms fro...
Conservative lacks charisma of John Paul
VATICAN CITY - Two images of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stood in sharp relief during the mourning period for the pope he would eve...
Black smoke rises from Sistine Chapel
VATICAN CITY - Black smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel chimney again today as the scarlet-robed cardinals inside failed in two m...
MADAIN, Iraq - Iraqi security forces searched this small farming town today after reports that Sunni militants had kidnapped as many as 100 Shiite residents and were thr...
115 sequestered 'til white smoke rises
VATICAN CITY - In a historic gathering steeped in intrigue, cardinals from six continents assembled today for their first conclave ...
PARIS - Firefighters sorting through the debris of a burned-out Paris hotel found the body of a small child Sunday, raising the number killed in Friday's blaze to 22, po...
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...
