A Texas man convicted of murdering a pastor was put to death on Wednesday — and uttered chilling last words prior to being executed. Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 killing ...

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

The Vatican's charity voiced outrage Monday at what it called the "reckless" and "unhuman" U.S. plans to gut USAID ...

Pope Francis will hold the next few days of meetings in rooms at his Vatican residence while sick with bronchitis, the Vatican said Thursday. “Due to bronchitis, from which he is suffering at ...

Pope Francis on Thursday released his message for World Mission Day 2025, encouraging all Catholics to be “missionaries of hope” who actively participate in the Church’s evangelizing mission ...

Set during the election for a new pope, the movie uses many of the real-life rules and dynamics of a conclave to build suspense, including the tradition of the chosen cardinal choosing a new name ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Prison commissioner John Warioba (second from right) is joined by three retiring prison ...

My understanding of life in prison comes purely from the big screen ... I ended up being very good friends with these people. Fights break out now and again but are relatively rare and if ...

One of the world’s biggest prisons, with a 40,000 capacity (equivalent to almost half the UK’s current prison population), CECOT was built two years ago. It now houses many thousands of the ...

Following a season marked by frigid temperatures across the United States, students can now feel the Spring Break period coming, seeking warmer destinations and hot fun away from their studies.

Spring break is the well-deserved week off kids, parents, and certainly teachers need, especially after a long, cold winter. Maybe you're dreaming of a tropical getaway where you'll never take off ...