A U.S.-China deal is hinted at and Hamas releases an American hostage: Weekend Rundown The White House on Sunday touted a “China trade deal” — without providing details — after two top U.S. officials ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

New Pope Leo XIV was a major topic on this Saturday's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live Weekend Update. Last week, ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago and one of the 10 U.S. cardinal electors at the conclave that elected the ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

The pre-conclave favorite, Italy’s Pietro Parolin had a good number of preferences in the first two votes, but his support ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, previously known as Robert Francis Prevost, gave his first ...

The papacy is one of the few voices left to counter the politics of fear fueled by the new generation of strongmen (Trump being the archetype), and preparations for the conclave involve many more ...

The ritual for electing a new pope took social media by storm this week as content creators reacted to the ancient tradition ...

The new pontiff has already given some hints about his priorities as head of the Catholic Church — among them are peace, ...

A defunct Soviet spacecraft fell to Earth after 50 years in orbit. Meanwhile, "Glengarry Glen Ross" director James Foley has ...