Pope Leo XIV appears from the balcony at the Basilica of St. Mary Major to take possession of the last of the four major papal basilicas that completes the symbolic and liturgical "taking ...

where the Virgin Mary is venerated under the title “Salus Populi Romani” (“Health of the Roman People”). The Holy Father arrived at the basilica shortly after 7 p.m. local time.

“Popes come and go, the Curia remains,” Pope Leo XIV said this morning as he greeted some 5,000 managers and employees of the Roman Curia, the Governorate of the Vatican City State and the ...

For Disney, it was a step away from its usual style. It took a sci-fi alien story and transported it to modern Hawai'i, where it explored the everyday struggles of the people who lived there. With ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made plenty of enemies helping dismantle a powerful Catholic movement whose leaders physically, sexually, spiritually and psychologically abused members. As Leo’s past ...

When stains had to be cleaned from a mosaic that once decorated a lavish pleasure vessel from the first century, they were not remnants from the debauched revelries that the murderous and sex-crazed ...

Dig director at the time, Sir Mortimer Wheeler suggested, were “the marks of battle”, caused during a furious but ultimately futile defence of the hillfort against an all-conquering Roman legion.

Then they see how the car is decorated. Nama has two eagles stationed on the roof rack. Between them is a faux Lombardi Trophy, and behind that, replica Saquon Barkley and Jalen Hurts jerseys. There ...