Cardinals hailing from 71 different countries are eligible to elect a pope this week in the most geographically diverse ...

ROME (AP) — Rome is bustling with jasmine blooming and tourists swarming. But behind closed doors, these are the days of ...

The group says since the launch, survivors from Fiji, Tonga, Belgium ... Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with ...

Research on Tonga's devastating 2022 Hunga eruption has just been published in the journal Nature Geoscience. "Submarine volcanism has previously been overlooked in global climate studies ...

I write with deep concern of the Tongan environment. Environmental issues have long limited the Pacifica people in accordance with health, human rights, dignity and security. As a Pacifica person ...

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano blasted gas and ash 30 miles into the atmosphere, it definitely made waves. The question is, what kind? The eruption may have been the largest in a half ...

WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider whether the Catholic Church in Oklahoma can run the nation’s first religious charter school, a potentially major expansion of the use ...

The first words of the First Amendment to the US Constitution are: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” That’s pretty clear. We know what Congress is.

Tonga’s Health Minister Dr Ana ‘Akau-ola has confirmed a 19-year-old and a 7-month-old have died of dengue fever. The kingdom declared a dengue outbreak in February. ‘Akau-ola told Pacific ...

A trio of left-leaning Supreme Court justices grilled lawyers for a Catholic charter school Wednesday in a landmark school choice case, capping a month of high-stakes arguments, emergency orders ...

If it is allowed to enforce its demands, it not only threatens academic freedom, but it also threatens the religious freedom of religiously affiliated colleges, universities and seminaries.