Pope Leo XIV, in one of his first personnel appointments, names Cardinal Baldassare Reina grand chancellor of the Pontifical ...

Pope Leo XIV will formally begin his ministry as bishop of Rome with a liturgy steeped in tradition and rich in symbolism May ...

And, Operation Iskra (Soviet military operation in 1943 during World War II), meaning "spark" in Russian, a feminine noun ...

Tens of thousands of people are streaming into St. Peter's Square for the formal installation service of history's first ...

A fire damaged the house built atop the site of Marie Laveau’s family home, which is a touchstone of the legendary Voodoo ...