Secretary of State Marco Rubio threw a wrench in speculation that he might be on a collision course with Vice President JD ...

Vance and Pope Francis had publicly disagreed on politics earlier in the year. In February, Pope Francis sent a pastoral letter to the U.S. bishops calling for the recognition of the dignity of ...

Vance was one of the last people to meet with Francis before his death. Vance also attended Leo’s inaugural Mass in May and gave him a letter after inviting him to the White House.

As the so-called One Big, Beautiful Bill — the Republicans’ mammoth budget proposal designed to fund much of President Donald Trump’s agenda — made its way toward congressional approval last month, U.

Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, also gave the Augustinian pope a copy of two of St. Augustine's most seminal works, “The City of God" and "On Christian Doctrine,” the vice ...

Pope Francis, the Vatican's first pope from Latin America, has died at 88. San Antonio archbishop Gustavo García-Siller remembers his 12-year papacy. MySA Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

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