Cardinals did not select a new pope in the first secret vote of the papal conclave Wednesday, a result indicated by billowing black smoke from the world’s most-watched chimney. The proceedings are set ...

Following nine days of mourning over Pope Francis's passing on 21 April, 133 cardinals representing 70 countries have gathered behind closed doors on Wednesday for the conclave to elect the new leader ...

Officials are yet to determine the cause of the blaze that ripped through a high-rise residential complex on Wednesday.

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The Vatican has unveiled its Nativity scene and lit the towering Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square. A band and chorus from ...

A cancer survivor is among the residents at a NYCHA building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan concerned about dark smoke ...

Sophie Thatcher, star of the show “Yellowjackets,” which began its third season in 2025. (When Sophie Thatcher’s on-screen, ...

The Vatican has issued a warning against the rise of polyamory, insisting marriage is the stable, lifelong and exclusive partnership between a man and woman. A new document defending monogamy, signed ...

The Vatican, the smallest state in the world, possesses a unique and complex legal, administrative, and spiritual structure designed to guarantee the independence of the pope and allow the Church to ...

The Catholic Church has a long history of supporting environmental stewardship. This tradition got a recent boost. The late Pope Francis’ goal of powering the Vatican by 100% solar energy is happening ...