Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more ...

With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will ...

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NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order banning federal funding for “gain of function” research on ...

Roughly a week after Donald Trump started his second term as president, the U.S. military issued an order to three freight ...