Hundreds of artifacts have been stolen in recent years from Mexican churches. The return of a 16th-century icon of St. Francis of Assisi — taken in 2000 from the village of Tochimilco — is one example ...

Nobel Peace Prizewinner Beatrice Fihn pays tribute to Pope Francis, an all-important ally in the campaign to abolish atomic arms from the face of the Earth. Fihn, who as head of the International ...

The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled to mark the end of the funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican City, where tens of thousands of mourners gathered to give a final send-off to a pontiff who was ...