John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr’s respective children have been candid about growing up with the ...

The 88-year-old watched from a chair as acrobats, robot-operated puppet elephants, jugglers and dancers on roller skates took ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday enjoyed a performance by members of an African-themed circus troupe called CircAfrica. The group ...

He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...

Pope Francis has denounced the “scourge” of child labor and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who harms or ...

The system of detention, torture and death run by Syria’s former ruler, Bashar Assad, is starting to come out into the open.

The star,” Pope Francis said, “speaks to us of that unique light that can show to all people the way to salvation and ...

Pope Francis delivered a plea for peace in a world torn by conflict in his 2024 Christmas Day "Urbi et Orbi" ("To the City and the World") address. It came as Christmas marked the start of the ...

Pope Francis officially launched the 2025 Holy Year on Christmas Eve by opening the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica, an event expected to draw over 30 million pilgrims to the Italian capital ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis ... barricade passage. Francis, who turned 88 last week, went into the Christmas week and Jubilee launch with a cold that forced him to deliver his weekly ...

The conflict, sparked by Hamas’ October 7 attack, continues to claim civilian lives as calls for peace grow louder. Pope Francis (Reuters photo) Pope Francis on Saturday denounced the killing of ...

The pope is a Jesuit, even as he takes his name from St. Francis. Fr. James Martin, the American Jesuit, author and a consultant to the Vatican, told us, "The Holy Father makes me laugh a lot, every ...