A new study proposes that seeding the orb’s underground ocean with microbes might help us learn how to make other worlds ...

Saturn will burn in Aries from May 24th until September 1, 2025, when the planet will retrograde back into Pisces for a few months before returning to the cardinal fires of the ram from February 14, ...

It’s been nearly three decades since Saturn last set up shop in the sign of the ram — and everyone will be feeling the ...

This episode explores how Roman rulers transitioned from political leaders to divine figures worshipped across the empire. While earlier episodes focused on Roman and Greek religious roots, we now ...

Tom Cruise returns as IMF operative ‘Ethan Hunt’ in the eighth and final film in the blockbuster franchise. David Daniel has ...

He changed his name to avoid the pagan connotations associated with Mercury, the Roman god. The last pope to keep his birth name was Marcellus II in 1555. Over time, adopting a papal name became ...

The practice of adopting a new name began in the 6th century, when Pope John II took a different name out of reverence for his birth name, Mercurius, which was associated with a Roman god.

When Jorge Bergoglio chose the name Francis upon becoming pope, it was a tribute to his favorite saint. Others took predecessors' or family names.

Excavators working at an ancient Catholic church in Italy recently found an even older religious symbol: the head of an ancient deity. The Appian Way Regional Park announced the find on Facebook ...

The Appian Way Regional Park in Rome announced its recent farewell to a “beautiful” stone head dating back to antiquity. It was discovered during the excavation of a fifth-century basilica.