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Habemus Papam.” “I announce to you a great joy: We have a Pope.” On Thursday, May 8, 2025, with that famous Latin formula, ...

The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, who resigned from the role in April, has said that she quit the post because she ...

President Donald Trump has said he would be open to speaking with Pope Leo XIV about immigration following signs that the newly elected pontiff holds a critical stance on the administration's policies ...

Democratic Justice Jennifer Brunner says Republican Justice Pat Fischer is looking to run against her next year.

U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV, in his first address to world diplomats, said on Friday that the dignity of migrants had to be ...

A video claimed the Pope Leo XIV had described Donald Trump's policies as 'a hideous manifestation of white supremacist ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, both of whom are Catholic, will attend the May 18 inaugural ...

Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend Pope Leo XIV's inaugural mass in Vatican City on ...

Thursday was Graduation Day for Montgomery County Community College, and Commissioner Thomas Di Bello was attending the 10 ...

Vance will travel this weekend to Vatican City where he will attend the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV, history’s first ...

Rubio declared "there’s nothing compassionate about open borders" as he defended the Trump's administration's immigration ...