S tanding in front of the cascade of crimson curtains on the balcony of Saint Peter’s on the evening of May 8, with an ...

LEGACY: Despite its disintegration, the Holy Roman Empire left an indelible mark on Europe.

When stains had to be cleaned from a mosaic that once decorated a lavish pleasure vessel from the first century, they were not remnants from the debauched revelries that the murderous and sex-crazed ...

When workers began excavating a new parking garage in Rome, they discovered what archeologists say was once Emperor Caligula's "pleasure gardens." Anderson Cooper reports on the find and the scholarly ...

It was a truly hectic Sunday, May 25, for the American-born pope, as he visited the two major basilicas: St. John Lateran and ...

Pope Leo XIV addressed Rome’s mayor minutes before making his way to the Basilica of St. John Lateran to take possession of ...

According to the Roman Catholic tradition of apostolic succession, Peter was the first pope appointed by Christ. The line of ...

Expected to sell for nearly £700,000, the hat is one of around 100 objects being sold in Paris via leading auction house ...

Donald Trump’s destruction of America’s 249-year-old constitutional republic and civic culture follows a historically ...