The Papal Foundation has announced it will give $1.8 million in grants to support COVID-19 relief efforts in developing nations around the world, with the majority of the funds assisting with health care and basic needs for the poor.

“Cyberpunk 2077” (CD Projekt), a fast-paced action-adventure title that warns of a dystopian future where glamor, greed and rogue science reign, is being hyped as one of the best games of 2020.

The Supreme Court Dec. 17 rejected an appeal from a Kentucky Christian school to be exempt from state orders to stop in-person classes amid rising coronavirus cases.

Australian Cardinal George Pell’s “Prison Journal” is the first of three volumes of these entries and details the run up to the cardinal’s first — and failed — attempt to appeal his conviction.

It has been well documented over the past year that a fairly large percentage of Americans cannot afford a $400 emergency expense. This makes them the perfect target of payday lenders.

In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court Dec. 18 did not give a definitive ruling on President Donald Trump’s order to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the 2020 census for redrawing congressional districts, saying it was too early to do so.

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, in response to a lawsuit filed by the Archdiocese of Washington, has modified the current pandemic limits on gatherings at houses of worship in the District to 25% of capacity and no more than 250 people.

People begin standing in line early in Cusco, in Peru’s mountains, but instead of tourists waiting to board a train to the country’s fabled Machu Picchu ruins, the lines today are local residents picking up a sack of food or, a little later in the morning, a hot meal.