For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is ...

A conclave is beginning to elect a new pope. Two cardinals with ties to the Fall River diocese have taken part in this solemn ...

A nearly yearlong excavation project in northern Switzerland is offering a glimpse into life in some of the Roman empire’s ...

Although molecular traces of ancient wines have been found staining pottery walls, this is the oldest wine in a liquid state ...

York was originally a small Celtic settlement before the arrival of the Roman Empire, but it soon became one of the most ...

A Filipino or Congolese pope would signal that Catholicism’s demographic heart now beats in Manila and Kinshasa, rather than ...

The tradition of locking up cardinals began some 800 years ago after they failed to elect a pope even after one year ...

The Samnites were Italic tribes that migrated from Central Europe to the mountainous south-central region of Italy in the 9th century BC.

With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will ...

Pope Francis appointed women to key Vatican posts. Will his successor consider women as deacons and priests next?

The last Italian pope died in 1978. Now, among the papal candidates ahead of next week’s conclave, there are several Italian ...