In 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row. The move would see their sentences converted to life behind bars. It also came ahead of the White ...

On Dec. 8 the Catholic Church celebrates the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception — a paramount feast in the Church’s liturgical calendar and one that indirectly touches on a regularly misunderstood ...

The funeral for Pope Francis will be held on Saturday, the Vatican said. Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate ...

Indigenous leaders waited on the snowy tarmac at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Saturday as the precious cargo was unloaded from an Air Canada jet. The boxes contained more ...

A special Mass at the cathedral in downtown Santa Fe commemorates 175 years for the diocese and 150 years as an archdiocese.

Josephine Baker, queen of the Paris music halls and perennial star all over the Continent before her retirement makes a ...

On his first trip as pontiff, Leo XIV predictably called for peace and unity. But he also addressed technology’s promise and pitfalls. By Motoko Rich Motoko Rich, the Rome bureau chief, traveled with ...

Michael Bublé called meeting Pope Leo XIV on Friday “one of the greatest moments of my life,” adding that as he prepares to headline the Vatican’s annual Christmas concert for the poor, he hopes his ...

On Dec. 5, Carson Daly joined Michael Bublé for a trip to the Vatican as the singer performed at the annual Christmas "Concert With the Poor." Here, Daly shares an essay with TODAY.com about his ...

Monday, Dec. 8, marked the 60th anniversary of the close of the Second Vatican Council. It is an axiom among church historians that it takes a century for a council to be received, so we are almost ...

Platte County did it in Class 5, now will Blair Oaks follow suit in Class 2? The defending Class 3 Show-Me Bowl Champion Blair Oaks Falcons look to secure back-to-back state championships today at ...