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Around 10,000 years ago, as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading ...

If the sole predictor of who would become the next pope was where the Catholic Church is growing fastest, then it is almost certain he would hail from Africa. The continent’s Catholic population is ...

My grandparents are responsible for my love of travel. This visit to Antarctica felt the most meaningful of the trips they ...

Fund managers focused on raising private capital for African companies more than doubled their funds to $4 billion in 2024, ...

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Did you know that there are over 3,000 different species of centipedes, and scientists believe that there could be 5,000+ ...

Courtney Mares is the Rome correspondent for the Catholic News Agency and attended Mass with Pope Francis in 10 countries ...

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

African nations have enjoyed duty-free access to the US market for over two decades under the African Growth and Opportunity ...

Upon his election to the papacy, Pope Francis became the first pontiff to hail from Latin America. His impact, though, ...

COMMENTARY: I think of his humor, his humility, and his deep, unwavering attentiveness to those before him. More than ...