Ambitions by the BRICS group to take on a greater climate leadership role, building on success last month at United Nations ...

Pope Francis thanked volunteers Sunday for the “miracle of tenderness” they offer the sick, as he continued his treatment for ...

For Kimberley Bos of the Netherlands, the collection of the biggest skeleton medals is complete. Bronze at the Beijing ...

Many Catholics recall similar vigils held in St. Peter’s Square when Pope John Paul II was hospitalized in the final days of ...

Burkina bishops protest health minister's threat to end subsidies Burkina Faso's minister of health has threatened to end state subsidies for Catholic hospitals after the Church recently doubled ...

Pirelli & C. is "evaluating material investments" in the U.S. to expand its manufacturing capacity as part of contingency ...

Pope Francis' approach to LGBTQ issues marked a major, if mixed, shift in tone for the Catholic Church -- from scorn to ...

For almost two decades, hundreds of dogs in the upscale Barra da Tijuca region in Rio de Janeiro have wagged their tails to ...

"From Cali to Rome, we have sent a light of hope that still the common ... The spectre of aid cuts was also felt in ...

A gathering of countries in Rome this week agreed a plan to generate $200 billion in finance a year by 2030 to halt and begin ...

in Rome. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP) Forest lines the Combu creek, on Combu Island on the banks of the Guama River, ...

The US is not a signatory to the Convention on Biological Diversity and cannot directly influence the talks, but there’s ...