Cardinal Marc Ouellet once said that being pope "would be a nightmare." He would know, having enjoyed the confidence of two popes as a top-ranked...

A British man who has spent most of the past decade naked — and in jail — was back behind bars Friday after defying an order to cover up.    Stephen Gough, known as the...

Police in the US say a dog searching for a gun in a snowbank accidentally pulled the trigger with its paw, firing the weapon.    No humans —or dogs — were...

A man dressed as Batman has brought a suspected burglar into a police station in northern England.    West Yorkshire Police said Monday that they do not know the identity of the man who...

The Sistine Chapel closed to visitors on Tuesday and construction work got under way to prepare it for the conclave, where cardinals from around the world will gather to elect the new pope after...

A man pretending to be a bishop was escorted out of a Catholic cardinals meeting in Rome Monday by Swiss Guards after he tried to sneak into the closed-door gathering.   Ralph...

About 1,000 devotees of Josef Stalin laid flowers Tuesday at his tomb by the Kremlin wall to mark the 60th anniversary of his death, while experts and politicians pondered the reasons for the Soviet...

Ritual words, uttered in Latin, open and close the secret selection process of the new pope. It starts with "Extra omnes" — or "Everyone out" — expelling all but voting...

White cassock? Check. White skullcap? Check. Red shoes? Check.   Cardinals haven't even begun meeting in the Sistine Chapel yet to elect the new pope but the family-owned Gammarelli...

China's government promised its people Tuesday deficit-fueled spending to fight deep-seated corruption, improve the despoiled environment and address other quality-of-life issues demanded by an...