VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis declared on Tuesday he is allowing all priests in the church's upcoming Year of Mercy to absolve women of the "sin of abortion" if they repent with a "contrite heart," ...

Since the protests in response to the killing of George Floyd in police custody started in Minnesota on May 25, I have been receiving random texts from non-Black and White friends who have taken the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis is allowing all priests to absolve the faithful of the "grave sin" of abortion, extending indefinitely the special permission he had granted for the duration of the ...

Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday said she is "not going to absolve" senators who stand in the way of Democratic-led legislation aimed at overhauling the U.S. election system. Harris, who made ...

In a Cuban courtroom in 1953, Fidel Castro, charged with leading the armed attack against the Moncada Barracks in July of that year, defended himself with a four-hour speech that included the ...