Even today, silk is something of a luxury, so it is not difficult to imagine the awe it must have inspired when it was ...

Known as “the city of darkness,” Kowloon Walled City was a crowded, tangled metropolis of 60,000 people with little political ...

Visitors mill around a bright red hilltop pagoda in southwestern China, gazing down at a sprawling cigarette factory whose ...

A river meanders through Shengfeng village, a tourist destination in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, that entices visitors with a ...

The city of Davenport renewed its sister city designation with the city of Lanfang, China. Delegation from the cities toured ...

Cardinal Re will then sprinkle the coffin with holy water and incense. At the end of the mass, the choir will sing in Latin: “May the angels lead you into paradise; may the martyrs come and welcome ...

When Pope Francis was elected as the first Latin American pontiff, he said his brother cardinals went out of their way to ...

The FBI on Friday arrested Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan, saying she “intentionally misdirected” federal immigration agents ...

Cardinals could pick a progressive pope ready to build off the changes Francis brought to the church or a conservative who could ratchet them back.

A conclave to choose a new pope normally takes place 15 to 20 days after the death of a pontiff, meaning this conclave should ...

following a meeting of the College of Cardinals at the Catholic Church's city-state headquarters in the heart of Rome. The coffin carrying the pope, who died Monday morning after suffering a ...

Francis’ coffin had been laid at the Altar of the Confessio ... Piazza del Risorgimento – just outside the walls of Vatican City. Inside the basilica, sunshine poured through the windows ...