The appointment of Sister Simona Brambilla marks a significant change in the Church.

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the Catholic ...

Bishop Dominique Rey of the Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon announced his resignation three years early at the request of Pope ...

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Pope Francis has marked another milestone in his pontificate by appointing, for the first time in the history of the Catholic ...

The U.S. dollar rallied on Friday after data showed the world's largest economy created more jobs than expected last month, reinforcing expectations that the Federal Reserve will pause its rate ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will not go to jail or face any other punishment for his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a judge ruled on Friday but said Trump ...

A bankrupt San Jose hotel has found a lender that is willing to refinance the ...

An ancient statue made of marble was discovered deep in Italy's Lake Nemi recently. Experts believe that this statue might have been part of a ship constructed by the Roman Emperor Caligula around two ...