It’s an irony of history that Trump’s love affair with Louis XIV may mean that this experiment will ultimately be continued ...

The goals India cares about—containing China, targeting jihadists in Pakistan, securing trade routes and energy—don’t seem to ...

The daughter of Prince Fumihito, Emperor Naruhito's brother, left her native country and the royal institution almost four ...

After his second term began, President Donald Trump redecorated the Oval Office with a gold-themed aesthetic similar to his ...

In Moliere’s comedy “The Imaginary Invalid,” Argan is a wealthy Parisian who’s very concerned about his health. He’s sitting ...

Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary's life was a true fairytale - from Napoleon's fiancée to Queen of Sweden and Norway.

Pope Leo XIV has seen and experienced the Church in more contexts than perhaps any other person currently living...’ ...

As a lay Catholic myself, I consider my secular writing, speaking, and teaching to be the principal way that I share my faith ...

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Popes — they're just like us? Not exactly, but you wouldn't know that by the American fanfare surrounding the newly minted ...

A dozen or so gold-framed presidential portraits crawl up the walls of the ... Use it as a commoner and you can feel like a king. Use it as a king and it might just get you guillotined.

In my 30 years of studying the literature and culture of Louis XIV, I never thought I would see an American president actually model himself on the Sun King, ... him a complimentary portrait.