One of Pope Francis’ enduring legacies was that he greatly expanded the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, naming “princes of the church” from faraway countries that had never had ...

When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected to lead the Catholic church in 2013, he chose the papal name Francis, after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ...

Roxboro police are working to identify the man involved in a shooting early Saturday morning. Police said the incident happened around 1:30 a.m. and sent two men to the hospital and nearly injured a ...