A traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him has ...

Speculation about Francis' health is a constant in Vatican circles, especially after Pope Benedict XVI broke 600 years of tradition and resigned from the papacy in 2013. Benedict's aides have ...

Shane Grinder, for assuming his command responsibilities while the former personally oversaw the late commander in chief's casket detail. "I'm tremendously grateful for 1st Sgt. Grinder ...

VATICAN CITY, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Pope Francis injured his right forearm ... as his predecessor Benedict XVI did. "I am well," he said. "The Church is governed using the head and the heart, not ...

A young boy salutes as the hearse carrying the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter moves through downtown Plains, Ga., Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) ATLANTA ...

Pope Francis briefly touched the casket. At 86, the leader of Catholics worldwide, who has been using a wheelchair but has shown no signs of slowing down, is a year older now than Pope Benedict was ...

Benedict Cumberbatch may be best known for his stint as Sherlock or his tenure as Marvel's Doctor Strange, but he has also played an unlikely Cold War spy in thriller The Courier. Inspired by real ...

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned that bullying in schools prepares students for war rather than peace, in a speech to Catholic educators gathered at the Vatican on Saturday. Speaking to ...

Pope Francis gestures during an audience with Catholic associations of teachers and students' parents in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) A ...

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Plains, Ga. – Jimmy Carter 's long public goodbye began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th U.S. president’s flag-draped casket rolling through his tiny hometown and past his boyhood ...