Growing up on the south side of Chicago, the Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley was given the message early on: What one wore as a ...

Forecasters on Friday warned low humidity and gusty wind increased the risk that fire could develop across parts of New ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” ...

Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to ...

A fast-moving wildfire engulfing part of New Jersey’s Pine Barrens was expected grow Thursday, with smoke affecting the air quality in the New York City area before rain ...

They’d watched overnight as the bombardments grew closer, and observed through binoculars as the last U.S. Marines piled into ...

Black smoke coming from the chimney in the Sistine Chapel will indicate that they haven’t achieved the two-thirds majority for a new pope. But when a pope is finally chosen, white smoke will ...

Black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney means no decision; white smoke signals the cardinals ... from the loggia overlooking St. Peter’s Square with the words, “Habemus Papam!” ...