Predicting the next pope can be a notoriously secretive and unpredictable exercise. An old Italian saying even ...

The Vatican opened St. Peter’s Basilica to the general public Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, with ...

Imagine stepping into a church that looks fully Orthodox—icons, incense, chanting, bearded priests—but it's actually Catholic ...

The political positioning of new regimes is matching an ideology that has been forming for some time: Dark Enlightenment. We ...

Torn between two identities and two nations, Lew Bykowski fought not with weapons, but with books. As director of Warsaw’s Koszykowa Library during the horrors of the 1944 uprising, he secretly ...

This use of Russian historical memory has allowed Putin to normalize his use of state violence abroad and at home and mobilize support for his suppression of the opposition. The major goal of ...

Pope Francis's sudden death at 88 has ignited intense speculation about his successor and the future of the Catholic Church.

Russia is positive about peace initiatives and anticipates Kiev will adopt a similar stance, President Vladimir Putin said. He emphasized that the Ukrainian army had scaled down its combat activity ...

Romanian officials have joined other world voices in expressing deep sorrow following the death of His Holiness Pope Francis, ...

Throughout his pontificate, Francis spoke out for the rights of refugees and criticised countries that shunned migrants. He visited the Greek island of Lesbos and brought a dozen refugees to Italy on ...