Pope Francis, visiting Italy's impoverished south, has told Neapolitans to resist exploitation by Mafia dons and seek the dignity of honest work. On a day trip Saturday to Naples, Francis spoke...

The gruesome case of a woman accused of cutting open the belly of a pregnant woman and removing her unborn baby girl is reviving a highly-charged debate in the U.S. over when a foetus can legally be...

WHO-BUNGLING EBOLA GENEVA - In a delay that some say may have cost lives, the World Health Organization resisted calling the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a public health emergency until last...

Pope Francis says nothing can justify the use of the death penalty and there is no "right" way to humanely kill another person. Francis outlined the Catholic church's opposition to capital...

A Scottish cardinal who admitted to sexual misdeeds has renounced the duties and privileges of his position, an arrangement agreed to after meeting with Pope Francis, church officials said...

The European Union committed 2 billion euros ($2.15 billion) on Friday to help Athens deal with what even EU leaders now call the "humanitarian crisis" hitting Greeks in the wake of the financial...

Italy has unveiled the restored crown jewel of the ancient city of Pompeii, showing off a rare success story as it races to shore up the site that has been marred by such mismanagement that it risked...

Triple suicide bombers hit a pair of mosques crowded with worshippers in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, on Friday, killing 46 and injuring 100 others, according to medical officials. The attackers...

A top Tunisian security official says two extremist gunmen who killed 21 people at a top museum in Tunis trained in neighboring Libya before carrying out the deadly attack. Rafik Chelli, the...

European Union leaders are looking to back U.N.-brokered efforts to form a national unity government in conflict-torn Libya that may include a possible mission to help provide security. EU...