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A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, killing eight people and injuring around 750 others. Helicopters dumped water from the air on the raging fire hours after the initial explosion, which …

As the world pays their final respects to Pope Francis, men and women everywhere, including a new generation of faithful, wait in anticipation for the College of Cardinals to convene and select a new pope. A conclave, organized by the camerlengo, presently Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, begins 15 to 20 days …

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met face-to-face for the first time since their infamous Oval Office spat in February. They were attending Pope Francis’ funeral in Rome, though it is unclear exactly when they met. Neither Ukrainian nor White House officials gave many details on the meeting; …

Pope Francis, 88, was recently diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia, and as concerned Catholics around the world pray for the Holy Father, the Vatican revealed last week that he will remain hospitalized for treatment. The popes of the last 100 years have seen their fair share of political divides and controversy, …

President Donald Trump apparently pushed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Gaza during their latest conversation. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he told Netanyahu “You’ve got to be good to Gaza” because the people there “are suffering.” “There’s a very big need for food and medicine, and …

Two popes . . . Francis and John Paul II . . . their deaths separated by almost exactly twenty years. Both world-renowned figures and similar in personal approach . . . but the two were different, as well. I had the honor of covering both.   The news of the death …

Published April 26, 2025 9:08am EDT Image 1 of 14 next People gather as they wait to see the hearse transferring the coffin of Pope Francis, on the day of the funeral Mass of Pope Francis on St. Peter’s Square, in Rome, Italy, April 26, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs (REUTERS/Kevin Coombs) …

Among his historical achievements as both the first pontiff from the Global South and the first born outside of Europe in over a millennia, Pope Francis is remembered in the days following his death as “the People’s Pope”. The political characteristics of his sometimes controversial papacy were dedicated to environmental …

Iran and the U.S. began negotiations in Oman on Saturday over Tehran’s advancing nuclear program, and the talks will likely depend on the Islamic Republic’s enrichment of uranium. According to Iranian state media, the talks began on Saturday in Oman’s capital of Muscat. But Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and …

Pope Francis’ emphasis on reaching out to the “peripheries” of the Catholic Church and world will result in the most diverse collection of church leaders in history gathering to select the new pope.  According to Mary FioRito, an expert on papal elections and a senior fellow at the Catholic Association, …