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NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of people in South Asia celebrated Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, on Friday by smearing each other with brightly colored powder, dancing to festive music and feasting on ...

Cuba completed this week the agreed-upon release of 553 prisoners. However, it did not report how many were linked to the ...

Pope Francis is on his 29th straight day in the hospital, a day after he marked the 12th anniversary of when he was elected ...

For much of the church’s history, the pope’s body was closely associated with the sanctity of his office, as the papal ...

Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14, after suffering a bout of bronchitis for weeks and after increasingly finding it ...

In a long post on X, the Ukrainian leader said that during the conversation with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, “I wished Pope Francis a speedy recovery and thanked him for his prayers and moral support for ...

The Catholic Church sees the work of entrepreneurs as a response to a vocational calling to co-create with God.

Pope Francis marked a month in hospital Friday, with football players sending him messages of support for his recovery from ...

A Mass was held in St. Peter's Basilica Friday in honor of Pope Francis as the 88-year-old marked two milestones this week: ...

The Pope remains seriously ill in hospital with pneumonia in both lungs – fragile, immobile and struggling to breathe. The Vatican says his life remains in danger and has given no indication of when ...