While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

A faithful holds a portrait of late Pope Francis at the Basílica de San José de Flores, where he worshipped as a youth, ...

Local Catholics will gather at noon today at the Cathedral of St. Paul to remember Pope Francis, who died at the age of 88 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis visited Rome’s central prison Thursday and met with dozens of inmates as he kept an Easter ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is meeting with the Vatican No. 2 official, following a remarkable papal rebuke of the Trump ...

Even its geography has changed over the last 1,500 years ... Meanwhile, some 200 miles south in Rome, relics of Placidia’s era are scattered through the city—often in surprising places.

PEERING back 2,000 years to the age of Jesus isn’t exactly easy – but rare objects from those times solve the mystery of what ...

THE world is waiting to learn the identity of the next Catholic leader – and the new Pope could be someone with Irish roots.

Peter Turkson is among the candidates vying to succeed Pope Francis after his death. Born in Ghana, Turkson could make ...

Ahead of Brazil’s presidential runoff in 2022, just days before Lula’s victory over Jair Bolsonaro, Francis publicly prayed for Brazilians during a Vatican audience, asking that Our Lady of Aparecida ...

Preponement” of the Forwald-Coleman Relays forces Cedar Rapids Prairie’s boys to compete on back-to-back nights, but the ...