The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

One conclave in the 13th century took nearly three years. Others took just one day. Pope Francis was elected on the second day and the fifth ballot. White smoke billows from the Sistine Chapel chimney ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born ...

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The migrants were intercepted on Saturday on a rubber boat floating adrift south of the Italian island of Lampedusa ... from the port of Zawiya in western Libya on Wednesday, but its engine ...

At least three people have died, including two children aged 3 and 4, in a Mediterranean sea crossing from Libya to Italy, a German sea rescue charity said on Sunday, adding that it had rescued 59 ...

A Libyan flag flutters on a destroyed car as children walk past following overnight clashes in the southern district of Abu Salim in the capital Tripoli on May 13, 2025 [Mahmud Turkia/AFP ...

ROME, May 11 (Reuters) - At least three people have died, including two children aged 3 and 4, in a Mediterranean sea crossing from Libya to Italy, a German sea rescue charity said on Sunday ...

A Libyan soldier stands alert at a checkpoint after clashes between heavily armed militias following the killing of a ...

At Least Three Die, Including Two Children, in Libya-Italy Crossing, NGO Says ROME (Reuters) - At least three people have died, including two children aged 3 and 4, in a Mediterranean sea crossing ...