Catholic bishops called Saturday for a more welcoming church for cohabitating couples, gays and Catholics who have divorced and civilly remarried, endorsing Pope Francis' call for a more merciful and...

Police in the Maldives arrested Vice President Ahmed Adeeb on Saturday in connection with an explosion aboard the president's boat last month that authorities have said was an assassination...

Swedish police say an early-morning fire has destroyed a house intended to house refugees in Eskiltuna near Stockholm. Two people are reported missing. Spokesman Paul Edenstrom says the...

Roman Catholic bishops from around the world are preparing to vote on a final document to better minister to Catholic families following a contentious, three-week summit that exposed deep divisions...

Where did dogs first arrive on the scene? Scientists have long debated that question, and now a study of doggie DNA from around the world is pointing to Central Asia. Man's best friend may have...

More than 200 landmarks in 60 countries from the Pyramids in Egypt to the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Empire State Building in New York will be lit up in blue — the official color of the...

TROPICAL WEATHER PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — Hurricane Patricia pushes inland over a mountainous region of isolated hamlets, weakening from record-breaking strength but still powerful as it...

Two U.N. experts on the human rights of migrants warned Friday that force will not stop Europe's migration crisis or deter smugglers. Francois Crepeau, the U.N. special investigator on migrant...

Hurricane Patricia roared ashore in southwestern Mexico as a Category 5 storm Friday evening, bringing lashing rains, surging seas and cyclonic winds hours after it peaked as one of the strongest...

A man is threatening to sue a Florida county if officials pray during a commission meeting but don't allow him to give a satanic invocation. Chaz Stevens, a self-described atheist, tells local...