Pope leads pep rally at Vatican, meets with Merkel

Vatican City — Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally Saturday to invigorate the church's moral conscience, hours after he held talks at the Vatican about... More

Metro Jews begin Shavuot holiday

Aaron Schwartz and his family, like many other Metro Detroit Jews, plan to stay up late tonight for the two-day Shavuot holiday. More

Africa, Asia see boom in priests as Europe withers

Vatican City — The number of Catholic priests in Africa and Asia has shot up over the past decade while decreasing in Europe, mirroring trends in the numbers of Catholic faithful that helped lead to the election of Pope Francis as the first non-European pope in over a millennium. More

Pope Francis gives church hundreds of new saints

Vatican City — Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic Church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peter's Square. More

New York man finishes writing out entire Bible by hand

At last, it is written. Four years after he began his project to write out every word of the Bible, Phillip Patterson penned the very last lines Saturday at an upstate New York church. More