In the summer of 1771, London’s fashionable society was aflutter with news of Joseph Banks’s return from the South Seas. Almost precisely three years earlier, the young gentleman naturalist and an ...

Advertisement Cardinal Secretary Pietro Parolin will lead the rosary service, the Holy See Press Office said. "Pope Francis thanks the entire People of God, who in these days have gathered to pray ...

Follow here for the latest news on Pope Francis’ health and hospitalization: The Vatican announces a new prayer initiative for Pope Francis, with cardinals leading a nightly rosary in St. Peter’s ...

The Vatican announced Monday that cardinals will lead a nightly rosary in St. Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’ recovery, with the first prayer service scheduled for 9 p.m. Rome time on Monday ...

In August 1699, the English adventurer William Dampier and the crew of HMS Roebuck, a twenty-six-gun warship, sailed into an uncharted bay on the far side of the world. It was Dampier’s second visit ...

had no influence on the survival time of scorbutic guinea pigs. Tetrahydrofolic acid, reported to possess 40% of the activity of ascorbic acid in the protocollagen proline-hydroxylase system ...