Today in History for Dec. 6: In 1752, a government pamphlet in Halifax became the first book published in Canada. In 1780, Jean-Antoine Aide-Crequy, the first Canadian-born painter, died in Quebec ...

The pair met on Friday ahead of Bublé’s headline performance at the Vatican’s annual Christmas “Concert with the Poor” on ...

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Discussions over women becoming deacons, who are ordained and can assist with services but cannot celebrate Mass, have ...

The world’s longest railway network, with an operating route length of over 220,000km (136,700 miles), is in the USA. The ...

Catholic cardinals gathered in Vatican City to cast their first vote as part of the conclave to elect the successor to Pope Francis. After the garrulous Francis, the cardinals may conclude that ...

But a papal commission examining the question said further study was required, and advised that women should be given other ...

Through the new chirograph Vinculum Unitatis et Caritatis, the Holy Father is eliminating the current Commissio de ...

Pope Leo has dissolved a high-level Catholic commission established to encourage donations to the Vatican, the Vatican said ...

The new American pontiff has been far more reserved than his outspoken predecessor. But many of their underlying progressive messages remain the same.

Pope Leo XIV shares his thoughts about the conclave that elected him, saying he had left it in God's hands. VATICAN CITY (AP) ...

Pope Leo XIV has offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wrapped up his first foreign ...