Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi remains hospitalized with an eye inflammation that kept him from both his sex-for-hire trial and tax fraud appeals.   San Raffaele...

    Often cast as the social conscience of the church, Ghana's Cardinal Peter Turkson is viewed by many as the top African contender for pope.   The 64-year-old head of...

    Italy's caretaker government has authorized authorities to move the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship to the nearest port, Piombino in Tuscany, to be...

    South Korean rapper PSY says he'll unveil his much-awaited follow-up to "Gangnam Style" next month and celebrate it with a huge concert in Seoul.   PSY made...

The election of a new pope always brings with it hopes for change from across the Catholic ideological and theological spectrum. Advocacy groups from around the world have descended on Rome to try to...

    The last cardinal who will participate in the conclave to elect the next pope arrived in Rome on Thursday, meaning a date can now be set for the election. One U.S. cardinal said a...

These are crazy days in Rome, where limbo reigns in parliament and papacy.   Italy is usually a pretty anarchic place, with people bucking rules on everything from crossing the street to...

Asia's most prominent Roman Catholic leader knows how to reach the masses: He sings on stage, preaches on TV, brings churchgoers to laughter and tears with his homilies. And he's on...

    The nuns of "Le Creche," the only orphanage in Bethlehem, have raised generations of children in this biblical town.   But only four aging nuns remain, down from...

    Italy's caretaker Premier Mario Monti says if recent elections produce a government that abandons further economic integration with Europe, Italians should vote...