From the fall of Rome to the rise of Christianity, Tom Holland's books offer a modern lens on ancient history. Here, we rank ...

The 1st century CE Roman author Tacitus is one of the most important primary sources that we have for Rome under the ...

Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, made a lasting impression on these Arizonans who met him, knew him or ...

Efforts to fix the Vatican’s broken finances helped restore confidence among big givers. But the work isn’t finished.

Irish publisher Bullaun Press has won the Republic of Consciousness prize for small presses with the book There’s a Monster ... edition won the Grand Prix du Roman Métis and the Prix André ...

It's very possible the next pope could be from Africa, where the Catholic Church continues to add millions of members.

Inside, a crowd of Christians, Jews and Native Americans were already packed together to witness the founding of Ararat, a tract of land on nearby Grand Island that was intended to be the first ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

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Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of which direction the Roman Catholic Church might take. By Emma Bubola Elisabetta Povoledo Gaia ...