The innermost planet of our solar system, Mercury, is barely wider than the continental United States, and is often seen as a ...

Presidents, prime ministers and cardinals have gathered for the funeral of Pope Francis as huge crowds descended upon Vatican City. The Catholic faithful are bidding a final farewell to a religious ...

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Jesuit Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Society of Jesus, reflected on the first Jesuit pope in a press conference ...

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Video released by Vatican News via Youtube showed Pope Francis on a video call with the Holy Family Catholic Parish in Gaza.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons, ...

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The Energy Secretary said both Reform UK and the Tories were prepared to concoct falsehoods to ‘pursue their ideological agenda.’ ...

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With tears of emotion often flowing down their faces, tens of thousands of faithful have packed the rooftops, bridges and ...

the current bishop of the Diocese of Ballarat in Victoria who successfully argued priests are not employees of the church. Thousands of historic child abuse claims against churches, schools and ...