A Massachusetts jail ignored an immigration detainer and released a Dominican national charged with masked armed robbery back into the community, federal officials said Wednesday.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A hearing Wednesday before Nevada’s high court could provide the first public window into a ...

With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope ...

When the cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel and process to the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin the process of choosing a new pope, they call upon the assistance of the Holy Spirit as they sing ...

“We need to welcome and accompany,” said Sue DeFerrari, executive director of MorningStar Renewal Center, a Catholic ...

U.S. Embassy in Honduras issues alert for possible mass shooting threats in Tegucigalpa targeting Elliot Dover Christian ...

As many as 250 Catholic cardinals gathered in the Vatican ahead of the start of a conclave Wednesday afternoon to elect a new ...

The Mass precedes the secretive and ritual-filled process to find a new leader of the Catholic Church following the novel pontificate of Pope Francis.

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose ...

Ross Douthat, a Times Opinion columnist, hosted an online conversation with Michael Brendan Dougherty, a senior writer at ...