The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

Pope Francis became the church’s 266th in 2013 when the papal conclave elected him after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.

A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of ...

A new analysis of classical medical texts suggests dementia was extremely rare in ancient Greece and Rome 2,000 to 2,500 ...

Catholic cardinals from around the world are converging on Vatican City in advance of the conclave that will elect the ...

Typhon, or Typhoeus as he was also called, was a monstrous, serpentine creature with a hundred heads that could shoot fire ...

When we think of Rome and the Pope, we don't necessarily think of a Greek Pope. However, many Popes in the past had been of ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor, ...

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Scientists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on a little-known ice age that may have contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire. "Unusual rocks," discovered in Iceland, are believed to ...

And for Bron Breakker, one of the company’s most promising prospects, the mountain to climb is Roman Reigns. The defending Intercontinental Champion recently informed Shakiel Mahjouri on SHAK ...

PARIS, April 7 — The historic Lutetia hotel in Paris, which was occupied by the Nazis during World War II and after liberation served as a welcome centre for concentration camp survivors, was on ...