Chicago’s elation over the hometown boy’s election led to a huge party for the first U.S. pope, who will begin to chart his ...

As the cardinals gather at the Vatican to elect a new pope, here's the lowdown on the perks, pomp and powers of the pontiff ...

In a message to Catholics in Chicago, directed especially at young people, Pope Leo XIV urged them to become “beacons of hope ...

The Republican presidential nominee in 1964, Barry Goldwater, sermonized, “Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice.” The ...

In 1775, the Continental Congress established the Army as the first U.S. military service. In 1777, the Stars and Stripes ...

Zelensky claims his troops ‘gradually pushing back’ Putin’s forces in Sumy - Russian forces seeking to create 'buffer zone' ...

Iran and Israel continued trading missiles and airstrikes on June 14, a day after Israel launched a sweeping air offensive ...

Iran and Israel traded missiles and airstrikes on Saturday, the day after Israel launched a sweeping air offensive against its old enemy, killing commanders and scientists and bombing nuclear sites in ...

A new AP-NORC poll finds that just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff, American Catholics are ...

President Donald Trump has long bet that he can scare allies into submission. It's a gamble that is increasingly being tested ...