Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pagean ...

Former Vice President Mike Pence shakes hands with his former boss and now President-elect Donald Trump at the funeral for former President Jimmy Carter while his wife Karen Pence refuses to ...

President-elect Trump and his former Vice President Mike Pence briefly greeted each other and shook hands as they arrived for the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter.

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona ...

Pope Francis was treated to a show by an African circus troupe at his weekly general audience on Wednesday. The 88-year-old ...

At the end of Mass, before greeting and shaking hands with each of the 300 people present inside the church, Pope Francis repeated his message. He told inmates, "Now, don't forget the two things we ...

Pope Francis has opened a "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year at a prison, marking the first one opened at such an institution since the Jubilee tradition began in 1300. He celebrated the ...

Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican said was the first such ...

Pope Francis is bringing his ... even if it sometimes hurts their hands. “Hold onto the rope of hope, hold onto the anchor," Francis said. “Never let it go.” Speaking to reporters outside ...

The Vatican press office had distributed the text of the homily the pope prepared ... before greeting and shaking hands with each of the 300 people present inside the church, Francis repeated ...