Sophomore guard Isaiah Villalobos scored 13 points in the fourth quarter, and St. Francis High’s boys basketball team knocked off Soledad 69-61 to gain sole possession of the Pacific Coast ...

Pope Francis and leaders from around the world are meeting at the Vatican this week to discuss the rights of children, including the smallest and most defenseless children — the unborn.

In a profound reflection delivered during Sunday’s Angelus prayer, Pope Francis emphasized how Jesus Christ reveals the ultimate criterion by which all history is judged: love. “Whoever loves ...

Rome — Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his right arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin. Francis didn't break his arm, but a sling ...

The book, which was six years in the making, vividly recreates Francis’ childhood in Buenos Aires but offers few new insights into his papacy. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome “I ...

Francis did not break his arm following this most recent fall, but a sling has been applied as a precaution, according to a statement from a Vatican spokesman. Pope Francis delivers his Sunday ...

Pope Francis' arm is in a sling Thursday after the Vatican confirmed he was injured in a fall, the second such incident in a matter of weeks. The Vatican said Francis fell inside his residence ...

One of Pope Francis’ lasting reforms will be his reshaping of the papacy to embrace simplicity and humility, as seen in his decisions to live in a Vatican guesthouse and carry his own briefcase ...

And sometimes, sometimes, this can be quite useful. When you meet a guy, for example, like Francis of Assisi. Genius or crackpot? Both. Sensuous embracer of life or self-mortifying freak?

A Soledad prisoner who served more than 30 years for murder was paroled Wednesday morning, and he very well may have roughly two dozen Palma High School students to thank. Those students were on ...