There are few things more enduring in Maltese media than the tradition of translating papal names. It's one of those quaint ...

Pope Leo XIV has spent his first two weeks slowly speaking to the press, unfurling his vision for the papacy and going about ...

For many centuries we have seen the custom of a new pope changing his name. It signals the kind of papacy he envisions as he ...

R Leonis, a variable star in Leo, is currently below naked-eye magnitude, but you can easily find it with binoculars or a ...

When Catholics heard on May 8 the new pope had chosen the name Leo XIV, the thoughts of many turned immediately to Leo XIII, the last pope to bear the name. That most recent Leo, w ...

The recent election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope in the history of the Catholic Church, has reignited global ...

Arcturus (at a magnitude of -0.05), one of the few stars mentioned by name in the Bible, is a giant, about 25 times the ...

in the other direction to the triangle that makes up the lion's hind quarters and tail. Arcturus (at a magnitude of -0.05), one of the few stars mentioned by name in the Bible, is a giant ...

There's a big diamond in the sky made by connecting the stars Arcturus, Spica, Denebola and Cor Caroli. Once found, you can ...