Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIII, who served from 1878 to 1903, led the church into the modern world, emphasizing its moral authority beyond ...

Prevost was brought to the Vatican in 2023 by Pope Francis as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations.

ROME, Italy (AFP) — Iga Swiatek, who is still looking for her first title of 2025 as she prepares to defend her Rome title, on Tuesday blamed her quest for perfectionism for the difficulties she ...

A new study, though, has posited that a climactic event called the Late Antique Little Ice Age may have been the straw that ...

For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is believed to be an ancient Roman gladiator. Artists have long depicted ...

A clear example is the inability of a woman to become the Pope of Rome. The first thing to understand is that the procedure the Catholic Church follows to choose its new leader has remained ...

“We’ve never been to Rome,” she told America. “Everywhere has been breathtaking.” Ms. Lamai is not a religious person, but she described entering churches in Rome as a “magical experience.

As Italy turned into a battleground between foreign powers, Rome suddenly found itself in the crosshairs of a marauding horde ...

An unusual quiet blanketed the streets of Rome. The deviation from custom, the lack of a papal appearance meant fewer of the usual crowds of faithful and tourists, leaving the cobbled piazzas and ...

ROME - Iga Swiatek, who is still looking for her first title of 2025 as she prepares to defend her Rome title, on May 6 blamed her quest for perfectionism for the difficulties she has been ...

An American on vacation in Rome is reportedly recovering after climbing a fence at the ruins of the Colosseum, falling and being impaled on a metal spike in front of other horrified tourists ...