A gunman, armed with a handgun and carrying zip ties, went inside UPMC's ICU, and took staffers hostage before he was ...

Pope Francis was placed in “critical condition” on Saturday, the Vatican said, just four days after the religious leader ...

ROME — Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required ...

The Aurora Police Department opened a new substation at the Gardens on Havana shopping center. The Havana Business District was one of the biggest retail theft targets in the country. As the plaza ...

Pope Francis greets pilgrims in St. Peter's Square in June 2014. (Photo: Alfredo Borba/Wikimedia Commons) What can the pope represent for non-Catholic Christians? The question is worth asking ...

American prelate, an exploding battleship, and the Roman Question all fed into Pope Leo XIII's decision to publish his 1899 ...

On Feb. 15, 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor, killing 260 crewmen and leading to a U.S. declaration ...

This yearly tradition, known as the "Wake for Pachencho," features a local person who, while alive, becomes the center of a mock funeral. Fueled by rum, Herrera climbed into a coffin, celebrated ...

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Although it was not part of his formal programme, Pope Francis took time to visit Cuba’s ailing former leader, Fidel Castro. HAVANA: Although it was not part of his formal programme, Pope Francis took ...

so that no one is excluded and everyone’s human dignity is respected,” the pope told participants in a conference on peace and dialogue in Havana, Cuba. The conference, titled “For World Balance,” ...

Being invited to perform at Havana International Jazz Festival on Thursday and Friday is a chance to share their music with different cultures, the band said. "This festival is really well ...