Although there was a significant increase in executions in the U.S. in 2025, a smaller number of new death sentences was ...

Despite an uptick in executions in the U.S. in 2025, opponents of the death penalty lauded decreases in new death sentences ...

Despite an uptick in executions in the U.S. in 2025, opponents of the death penalty lauded decreases in new death sentences ...

Saying it is possible both to uphold justice and to exercise mercy, Florida's Catholic bishops have urged Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

Lebanon needed this embrace.” The words went out over a social media platform, made more poignant for the accompanying image ...

An association of Mariologists issued a critical response to Mater Populi Fidelis, a recently published Vatican doctrinal ...

Traveling through the Mideast, Leo XIV channeled many of his predecessor’s messages. Leo’s deliberate manner differed from ...

Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of Lebanon’s dysfunction and official impunity as he offered words of consolation to Lebanon’s ...

Pope Leo XIV offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wraps up his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Tuesday. He also met with relatives of some of the 218 ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Pope Leo XIV was set to wrap up his visit to Lebanon on Tuesday with a visit to a hospital and later the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. BELÉM, Brazil — Pope Leo XIV this week urged countries at United Nations climate talks in Brazil to take “concrete ...

Pope Leo XIV has prayed at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion, urging justice for the 218 victims BEIRUT -- BEIRUT (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port ...