While many gathered today to receive ashes, a symbol of faith, worshippers in North Beach also lifted up special prayers for Pope Francis.

Trump’s tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada went into effect this morning. Trump will deliver a potentially explosive speech to Congress tonight.

"Conclave" producer Mike Jackman talks about the timeliness of the best picture nominee on the Oscars red carpet.

Cardinal Robert McElroy has criticized the removal of immunity for houses of worship from immigration enforcement, calling it a "deep moral question."

A man revered by millions as the “doctor of the poor” will be the first saint from Venezuela after Pope Francis approved a decree Tuesday. A date for the canonization of Dr. José Gregorio Hernández, who died in 1919,

Nuns pray in front of the statue of late Pope John Paul II outside Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis continues his treatment for pneumonia, in Rome, Italy. Poplar trees next to Sefton Park Allotments in Liverpool cast long shadows in the evening sun.

Pope Francis was absent from Ash Wednesday services in Rome as he remains hospitalized with double pneumonia this week, but the Vatican says the pope is in stable condition and has not had any more episodes of respiratory failure.

St. Francis is the medieval Catholic saint whose spirituality focused on loving the poor, creation, and peace.

Just before breaking the Ramadan fast on Sunday evening, Hasan Zaheda played basketball with his son in the tiny courtyard of the basement-level apartment on Rome’s outskirts where the refugee family is rebuilding their lives.

The surprising success of “Conclave” and its momentum going into Sunday’s Academy Awards have thrust the arcane rules, glorious ceremony and supreme drama of one of the Catholic Church’s most

Images and messages wishing Pope Francis a swift recovery were projected Thursday night onto Rio De Janeiro's landmark Christ the Redeemer statue.