The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...

Pope Francis was admitted to a hospital in Rome on February 14 for treatment of an illness. Get the latest updates on his ...

By Christopher Lamb, Antonia Mortensen and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis’ condition is “slightly improving” ...

Streets of Rome fill with gossip after latest Pope news - Rumours have taken on a life of their own, fuelled by conspiracy ...

Pope Francis’ overall clinical condition is “improving slightly” and his heart is working well as he battles pneumonia, the ...

Henry, the second son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, was born on 28 June 1491 at Greenwich Palace. After the death of his elder brother Arthur in 1502, Henry became heir to the English ...

It is encouraging, let us reiterate, that non-Catholic traditions (at least in part) have come to recognize a fundamental fidelity in the papacy’s history to its evangelical roots. Yet ...

Giordano Bruno was born in 1548 in Nola, Campania. At birth it was called Filippo, at the age of seventeen took the votes Like Monaco in the convent of San Domenico di Napoli and assumed the name of ...

"The blessed Apostles, then, founded and built up the church in Rome. They committed the office of bishop into the hands of Linus. Of this, Linus, Paul makes mention in the Epistles to Timothy.

Divers recently discovered the wreck of a German submarine and the Royal Navy Q-ship that sank it in February 1917 Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson ...

Surnames can reveal much about your family history, but they can also be a minefield of misinformation. By Paul Blake. Twenty members of the public describe what spurred them on to discover more ...