For the Catholic Church’s new leader, cardinals could pick a reformist or someone who can heal rifts.

E.J. Dionne does not find the pontiff wanting. He writes that Francis “moved Catholicism’s center of gravity,” and that ...

1976: President of the Young Liberals, Peter Hain, is acquitted of robbing a branch of Barclays bank. On the same day, singer-songwriter Phil Ochs hangs himself at his sister’s home in Queen’s, New ...

We'd forgive you for thinking Footloose is how most people fondly remember Kevin Bacon. The '80s box-office smash in which a youthful Bacon leads a small religious town back onto the dance floor ...

Kevin Bacon wanted to get away from the spotlight after "Footloose" was released in 1984, but his wife Kyra Sedgwick had other plans. During a recent episode of the YouTube show, "Mythical Kitchen ...

Pope Francis made a surprise public appearance at the Vatican on Sunday and met with crowds just two weeks after being discharged from the hospital two weeks ago. The 88-year-old pontiff has been ...

In a heartfelt and unexpected appearance, Pope Francis returned to St. Peter's Square on Sunday, just two weeks after being discharged from the hospital for double pneumonia. Listen to Story Pope ...

Pope Francis Makes Surprise First Appearance at Vatican After Hospital Stay By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis made his first public appearance since being discharged from ...

Francis Bacon was one of the most renowned painters of the 20th century (not to be confused with the philosopher of the same name). Born in Ireland at the turn of the century, his work became famous ...

In life Francis I, 'Most Christian King' of a France that only sixty years before his accession had finally expelled English occupiers from the realm (and had still to tolerate Calais as an English ...

Pope Francis shared that he is experiencing “healing,” specifically “in my soul and my body,” as he reaches the eighth day of the minimum two-month period of rest and convalescence ...