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The Roman Catholic Church has announced that Pope Francis was rushed to a hospital and will be admitted to the hospital.

Another reported shooting in a west end neighborhood that seems to be plagued by gunfire.

New Bedford Police are investigating a report of shots fired Thursday evening.

As I watch so many families born into Christianity do away with Sunday Mass or services and wane from Christian moral teachings, I kind of feel responsible as it is happening on 'my watch'. It is my generation that is abandoning the faith that has been in their families in many cases, for as long as 2,000 years...

Pope Francis has made another gesture to Catholics who have fallen away from their faith, saying he respects them but that God is waiting for them. Francis made the comments Monday after he celebrated Epiphany, a major Catholic feast day that recalls the visit to the infant Jesus by the three kings...

Pope John Paul II, who headed the Catholic Church from 1978 through his death in 2005, will soon officially become a saint. The sainthood was expected for the widely beloved pope, for whom thousands of Catholics chanted "Santo subito" ("Sainthood now”) in St...

A magical moment on Easter Sunday for one Rhode Island family, as the newly elected Pope Francis reached down and hugged their son.

Whether it's true or just a rumor, the new pontiff is said to have had a brief discussion with the former archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Bernard Law.

Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley says he has found the conclave to choose a new pope a ``very prayerful'' and moving experience, but he's looking forward to coming home in time for Easter week. O'Malley spoke Thursday at a news conference in Rome about the election of Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, now known as Pope Francis...

Let me start by offering my heartfelt prayers to Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, now Pope Francis I.