Pope Francis says in a letter to an Italian newspaper that his lengthy illness has made clearer to him the absurdity of war ...

The assassination of Julius Caesar was reenacted in Rome at the exact same place where it had taken place 2,000 years ago.

I don't love the Statue of Liberty. Can I say that? I don't love the — I like liberty. I like true liberty. I love America. I ...

Pope Francis spent the night without a breathing mask, the Vatican press office said March 18, indicating that his need for ...

Pope Francis, in hospital for over a month with pneumonia, did not need to use an oxygen mask overnight, the Vatican said ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate in the hospital as he received increasingly ...

It's an emergency. The USA's sprawling and ramified state machine, hard-wired for consulation and negotiation and litigation, makes the coup difficult for Trump. He has moved fast fast in just 50-odd ...

ROME, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital — Pope ... lighting candles and leaving him balloons and get-well cards at the statue of St. John Paul II near the Gemelli entrance.

Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including the Forum of Peace in Rome, dedicated by Emperor Vespasian; the Library of ...

Archaeologists excavating a sewer system from the ancient city of Heraclea Sintica in Bulgaria have just uncovered a remarkably intact statue of the god Hermes. The sculpture, likely made in the ...