A St. Louis-area animal shelter has found a home for a 37-pound (16.7-kilogram) cat named Biscuit. It even found him a sympathetic shoulder to meow on.    Operators of the St. Charles...

Kia's new concept car, the Provo, is designed to provoke comment. But to many across Britain and Ireland, the name sounds like a celebration of terrorism.    British lawmakers appealed...

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...

The Vatican's penchant for secrecy has won out over American-style transparency.   The U.S. cardinals in Rome for the conclave to elect the next pope canceled their popular daily press...

To illustrate that life is a journey, one of the Italian cardinals touted as a favorite to be the next pope doesn't just turn to the Scriptures — but also to Jack Kerouac and Cormac...

The two American cardinals sat on the stage, microphones in hand, fielding questions from the world's news media on everything from the delayed arrival of some of their colleagues to their own...

The European Commission’s latest economic outlook paints a disheartening picture: unemployment rates close to or above 5% in Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands in 2014, but above 25% in...

    Some in anguish, some in fear, Venezuelans raced for home and stocked up on food and water Tuesday after the government announced the death of President Hugo Chavez, the...