Eighty years after the Holocaust, more than 200,000 Jewish survivors are still alive, but according to a study 70% of them ...

Pope Benedict XVI stunned the world when he announced his resignation in 2013, the first in 600 years. That led some to ...

A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the ...

Negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program will move Wednesday to what’s ...

Arborists are hoping to transform vacant land on Detroit’s eastside by planting giant sequoias, the world’s largest trees.

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday over the religious rights of parents in Maryland to remove their children ...

Bottles and bags, food wrappers and straws. Piping, packaging, toys and trays. Plastic is everywhere — and yet some people ...

Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 14 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and destroyed bulldozers and ...

Advocating for migrants was one of Pope Francis' top priorities. His papacy saw a refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, ...

The Anti-Defamation League says the number of antisemitic incidents in the United States reached a record high last year. The ...

The former Tennessee House speaker and his onetime chief of staff are facing a federal criminal trial this week, where some ...