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Taiwan eyes Vatican-China ties after Pope Francis’ death
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan – Some in Taiwan are watching with growing unease as the Catholic Church prepares to elect a new leader following the death ...

Vancouver driver plows into crowd of people attending Filipino festival, killing multiple victims
A driver ran a car into a crowd at a Filipino festival in Vancouver, Canada, on Saturday night, leaving several ...

Here’s why a flare-up between India and Pakistan over Kashmir matters
India and Pakistan have intensified their hostilities over the hotly contested Kashmir region following a massacre of 26 mostly Indian ...

Biden seated toward back of world leaders section at Pope’s funeral, takes selfies
Former President Joe Biden was among many global luminaries in attendance at Pope Francis’ funeral Saturday at the Vatican, but ...

A massive explosion at an Iranian port linked to missile fuel shipment kills 5, injures over 700
A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ...

Cardinals will meet for papal conclave, ‘very, very different’ from US elections
As the world pays their final respects to Pope Francis, men and women everywhere, including a new generation of faithful, ...

Trump meets Zelenskyy in Rome amid stalled Russia-Ukraine peace efforts
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met face-to-face for the first time since their infamous Oval Office spat ...

Popes Francis, Benedict XVI, John Paul II: 100 years of God’s love
Pope Francis, 88, was recently diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia, and as concerned Catholics around the world pray for the Holy ...

Trump shifts stance on Gaza, presses Netanyahu for food and medicine access
President Donald Trump apparently pushed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Gaza during their latest conversation. Trump told reporters aboard ...

Reporter’s Notebook: From John Paul II to Francis, covering two historic papacies
Two popes . . . Francis and John Paul II . . . their deaths separated by almost exactly twenty ...