PETER’S SQUARE. A NEW HAMPSHIRE WOMAN SAYS SHE WAS IN ROME WHEN POPE LEO THE 14TH EMERGED ON THE BALCONY FOR THE FIRST TIME. ANDREA AMODEO VICKERY LIVES IN AMHERST AND IS VISITING HER DAUGHTER IN ROME ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Women meeting in Rome this week to promote female leadership in the Catholic Church are challenging the hierarchy’s resistance to change and its theological emphasis on ‘natural’ ...

Pope Francis on Thursday washed the feet of 12 prisoners at a prison facility in Rome, with the Pontiff continuing a regular tradition of holding the Mass of the Lord’s Supper at local penitentiaries.

Advocates for women's ordination in the Catholic Church hosted a prayer vigil at one of Rome's historic basilicas on Oct. 3, on the eve of Pope Francis' opening of a major Vatican summit expected to ...

Deaja Simone Clemons was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, followed by five years of supervised release. Clemons sold 121 counterfeit fentanyl-laced pills ...