The Italian city of Turin, home to Europe's oldest car factory, typifies the industrial decay that parts of the continent face as its automakers struggle
More than 40 people have been held in Italy over migrant visa fraud, police and prosecutors said on Wednesday, weeks after Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni complained
The sanctuary of Lourdes, one of the world's most popular Catholic pilgrimage sites, will not for the moment remove mosaics made by a prominent Slovenian
The international aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders - MSF) on Wednesday obtained the release of its migrant rescue ship, which had been
The global Catholic Church is split on whether to allow women to serve as deacons, a Vatican document showed on Tuesday, just weeks after Pope Francis ruled
Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a fierce ultra-conservative critic of Pope Francis, has been found guilty of schism and excommunicated, the Vatican's
The head of the Vatican office that disciplines predator priests on Tuesday called on bishops across the world to report all suspect child abuse cases to him in
Pope Francis, widely quoted as having used a highly derogatory word to describe the LGBT community, did not intend to use homophobic language and apologises
The Vatican would like to establish a permanent office in China in what would be a major upgrade of diplomatic relations with Beijing, Cardinal Secretary
The Vatican on Friday tightened procedures for evaluating reported supernatural events such as weeping Madonnas and blood-dripping crucifixes that have for
Francis is a pope of many firsts: the first to use that name, the first from Latin America, the first from the Jesuit religious order.
It's OK to make fun of God as long as the joke is not offensive, Pope Francis said on Friday in a special audience with about 100 comedians, actors and
Harris or Trump, next president will have less impact on shape of US judiciary
Carlyle-backed music venture buys rights to Randy Newman's recorded catalog
Brazil eyes closer regulatory cooperation with new central bank leadership
Russian lawmakers move forward with ban on 'child-free propaganda'
UNIFIL has vital role, mission must be strengthened, Italy says
Ukraine seeks global help with massive task of landmine clearance at Swiss meeting
US prosecutors see rising threat of AI-generated child sex abuse imagery
TSMC steadies chip ship, ECB set to ease
Serena Williams has surgery to remove cyst size of ‘a small grapefruit’ from her neck
Caitlin Clark becomes first rookie since 2008 to be named to All-WNBA first team