Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families. The Vatican ...

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From a bird's-eye view high above St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, a stunning photograph shows the estimated 250,000 ...

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Officials ordered immediate evacuations in three south Seattle suburbs Monday after a levee failed following a week of heavy ...

Days of torrential rain in Washington state have caused historic floods, stranding families on rooftops and washing over ...

Pope Leo XIV was elected as the Catholic Church's 267th leader on Thursday. The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that ...