The comments come after reports that Trump is hoping to use tariff negotiations with other countries to isolate China.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli spent over four decades covering Rome. During her time, she covered the last three popes. But Poggioli ...

Kevin Farrell is the camerlengo, or acting head of the Vatican, until a new pope is elected. Here's what to know about Farrell, who was born in Ireland and spent much of his career in the U.S.

If adopted, implementation of the system would re-direct about $6.58 million currently allocated to a the creation of a new ...

Trump praised the pope at the start of Francis's papacy, in 2013. But relations soured during the 2016 election, when Francis criticized Trump's proposal to build a wall on the U.S.-Canada border.

Pope Francis travelled to Iraq in 2021, meeting a revered Shiite Muslim spiritual leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, and ...

"Regardless of their partisan leanings, most U.S. Catholics regard Francis as an agent of change," Pew added. "Overall, about ...

Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian who stridently defends free markets, acknowledged his and the pope's differing ...

Demonstrators filled streets in cities and towns all around the Lone Star State on Saturday for "50501" demonstrations. The ...

Dallas. While they have prevailed in court so far, many other international students' education futures remain uncertain.

Kenyan President William Ruto posted on X that Francis "exemplified servant leadership through his humility, his unwavering ...

Gone at age 88, Pope Francis was one of the most popular popes in decades and a towering figure on the world stage. And, ...