South Africa's deputy finance minister received a death threat shortly before issuing a statement accusing a wealthy family with links to President Jacob Zuma...
Candles symbolize an important tradition for Christians on Palm Sunday, a fact the Dandan family recounts repeatedly as it prepares for the upcoming Easter...
Pope Francis will make his Instagram debut Saturday, joining the likes of Justin Bieber and Cristiano Ronaldo on the image-sharing forum under the handle...
A riot broke out at a prison in southern Alabama, authorities said Saturday, and a local news website said inmates had set fires and overturned beds
Three years after the election of Pope Francis, Roman Catholic conservatives are growing increasingly worried that he is quietly unraveling the legacy of his...
An architect who oversaw the restoration of a decaying ninth-century castle in southern Spain defended his work Friday after critics slammed the result as...
At first glance, the Mediterranean port of Latakia doesn’t look like a city at war. Its streets are jammed with traffic, stylish women chat under palm trees,...
Its historic churches pillaged by militants and buildings riddled with shrapnel, this ancient Christian town north of Damascus still bears the scars of the...
Its historic churches pillaged by jihadis and buildings riddled with shrapnel, this ancient Christian town north of Damascus still bears the scars of the...
A jewel in the wild? A Hungarian historian is convinced that patches of fresco in a Transylvanian church’s ruins are a rare medieval copy of a legendary...
A furious Frank Stallone slammed the Academy in a foul-mouthed tirade Monday for snubbing big brother Sylvester in the best supporting actor category at this...
Pope Francis, who penned weighty encyclicals, has taken a stab at the simpler side of his job with a book for children to answer such questions as “What did...
Modern faith-based films don’t have a stellar track record when it comes to quality, but they seem to both serve their intended audience and make money along...
Hundreds of movie lovers emerged bleary-eyed but enthusiastic Thursday after “A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery.”
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said moderate Syrian rebels should be armed with surface-to-air missiles against the Russian-backed Syrian army, a German news...
Pope Francis assailed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's views on U.S. immigration as "not Christian" Thursday, prompting the billionaire...
Pope Francis Tuesday encouraged young Mexicans to "dare to dream" of a crime-free life and priests to stay strong despite relentless violence as he visited a...
After two years of painstaking work, experts have completed the initial phase of a delicate restoration project at the Church of the Nativity, giving a...
Ecatepec, Mexico, Feb 14, 2016 (AFP) - Pope Francis celebrated an open-air mass with 300,000 Catholic faithful in a crime-plagued Mexican city on Sunday,...
Pope Francis kicks off his first trip to Mexico Saturday with speeches to the country's political and ecclesiastical elites, riding in on the success of his...