President Donald Trump was sworn in for a second, nonconsecutive term in the White House Jan. 20, becoming the nation’s 47th ...

When a 25-year-old government worker was asked in 2007 to allow spoiled rice from Rwanda to be transported across the border ...

The Catholic Church has its own history of prophetic voices using the moral authority of the priesthood to remind political leaders of the Christian precept of human dignity.

Pope Francis is not expected to veto President Donald Trump's choice of a high-profile critic of his papacy as the next U.S.

Vásquez was most recently selected by Francis to oversee the Diocese of Tyler, also in Texas, after he dismissed its former ...

One of this papacy’s more outspoken critics called on the faithful to ‘pray for Pope Francis that he might confirm the Church ...

After the pope criticized Trump's deportation plans, MAGA figures have suggested deporting illegal migrants to Vatican City.

In an interview on Italian television Jan. 19, the pope said that if Trump carries out his threat “it will be a disgrace, ...

In his address, Trump confirmed his plans to sign a series of executive orders on Day One, including declaring a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, shutting down "illegal entry," and ...

The pope’s comments provided the latest indication of a potential rekindling of frictions between the Vatican and the next ...

In an early-morning announcement, the Vatican on Monday said Pope Francis had accepted the resignation of Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, the metropolitan archbishop of Galveston-Houston for more than 19 ...

Pope Francis on Jan. 19 denounced President Donald Trump's provisional plans to carry out a massive deportation of migrants as a "disgrace." ...