This year is not only the 1,700th anniversary of the first ecumenical council of the church, but also one of the years when ...

“You couldn’t even take photos in the Vatican Museum ... Constructed between 144 and 140 B.C. by an ancestor of Julius Caesar, the praetor Quintus Marcius Rex (after whom it was named ...

Scientists in France may be hot on the trail of a long-lost canal that the Romans built over two millennia ago while battling the Celts. At that time, the Roman Republic was protecting its new ...

The Vatican on Tuesday launched new pastoral care guidelines for the protection and promotion of human life to mark the 30th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s encyclical letter Evangelium Vitae.

Burch’s nomination comes amid simmering tensions between the Trump administration and the Vatican over immigration issues and cuts to aid programs. Some observers say his likely appointment ...

An ancient Buddha statue from the early Goryeo dynasty was recently discovered at an archaeological site in North Korea. The Goryeo study saw the flourishing of Buddhist art and architecture ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis ’ condition continued to improve Wednesday and he hasn’t needed to use the mechanical ventilation mask to help him breathe, the Vatican said in signaling further ...

Vatican Media/AFP via Getty Images Pope Francis gives a thumbs up as he appears at a window of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, March 23, 2025, where he has been treated for ...

There is no current legal instrument in South Africa which can bar Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema from singing the political chant, "Shoot to kill, kill the Boer, kill the farmer".

By Michael Levenson It was shortly after 2 a.m. on March 2, the police said, when two members of the British Royal Air Force approached a statue of Paddington Bear, sitting placidly on a park ...