Pope Francis has upgraded the status of the large church opposite Amsterdam’s central station to that of a cathedral – as a gift to the Dutch capital on its 750 th anniversary. The move means the St ...

Pope Francis on Thursday encouraged midwives and OB-GYNs to carry out their mission not only with professional skill but also with “a great sense of humanity.” The pope’s words were conveyed ...

Pope Francis will hold the next few days of meetings in rooms at his Vatican residence while sick with bronchitis, the Vatican said Thursday. “Due to bronchitis, from which he is suffering at ...

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on this day in 1911. His legacy still shapes American politics, historians say, and he's a guiding force for Republicans as they control the White House, House and ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla will travel to Italy and the Vatican in April to meet with Pope Francis, as the Catholic Church celebrates a special Jubilee year, which takes place every quarter of ...

The building near Central Station is being elevated to a cathedral as a gift from Pope Francis for the 750th anniversary of Amsterdam, pastor-dean Eric Dennis said. This means that Amsterdam is now ...

Over the centuries, there have been 23 Johns, for example, but only one Francis so far (the current pope). In Conclave, Dean Thomas Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) chooses John, while Cardinal Vincent ...

This year's birthday celebration will be the second since the death of his wife, Ruth Bell Graham, who died four days after her 87th birthday in 2007. Despite the death of his marriage and ministry ...

FILE - Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re celebrates the funeral mass for late Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes in the Basilica of St. Peter at The Vatican, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra ...

The eighty-seventh session of the UNECE Inland Transport Committee (ITC) will mark the mid-point of the implementation of the ITC Strategy until 2030 that was adopted in 2019 (ECE/TRANS/288/ Add.2).