The ring and seal are destroyed or nulled after a pope’s death to prevent their future misuse to seal official documents.

Calvin Crew was sentenced to life in prison without parole at the Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburgh on Monday, May 5, ...

Uttered mid-argument, the perpetrator might consider it a “throwaway line” or a simple statement made out of annoyance.

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more ...

The jury in the retrial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon have been told his barristers have withdrawn from the case. Judge ...

They are due to begin meeting in the Vatican on Wednesday, but Kenyan Cardinal John Njue, 79, was quoted in a Kenyan ...