The world’s smallest army, the Swiss Guard, founded in 1506 by Pope Julius II, is still recruited from a group of Swiss towns ...

Pope Francis asked for a moment of silence as he spoke from the window of the Apostolic Palace on Sunday for people to thank ...

The outreach, reflecting the most radical stage of his papacy, has prompted backlash while also altering the lives of the nearly 100 people he has met.

A Mark Pope Kentucky basketball jersey found its way into the hand of Pope Francis thanks to a Lexington Catholic priest.

A judicial investigation of Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo of Kinshasa on charges of sedition seems a transparent effort to ...

Pope Francis presided over mass in Saint Mark's Square in Venice on Sunday, warning of environmental damage and over-tourism ...

The Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa), the philanthropic initiative of the Chairman of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu (CFR, CON), has kicked off the construction of the N250 million ...

A Boeing 737 was forced to make an emergency landing in South Africa Sunday after one of its main wheels flung off the plane during takeoff. Dramatic video shows smoke exploding from the ...

At least 16 people are dead and 28 missing in a new migrant boat disaster off the coast of the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, the UN's International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday.

As Zimbabwe struggles to get to grips with its flailing economy, China agreed to write-off an unspecified amount of debt this month, which some analysts believe may encourage other private creditors ...

Sandra Maria dos Santos Carvalho, 58, was found with multiple knife wounds, and her hand chopped off, at her home in the city of Salvador, Brazil. Her son, Jose Natan Carvalho, was arrested ...

With the game tied in the bottom of the seventh against Pope John, Stokoe had to shorten up his approach before facing the next pitch.