A crowd of 250,000 gathered in a sun-drenched St. Peter’s Square on Saturday to bid a final farewell to Pope Francis, who was remembered as having had “an open heart towards everyone.” The Argentine-b ...

The coffin with the Pontiff's remains, who wanted to be buried with his worn-out shoes, was bid farewell by thousands of ...

The man who would become Pope Francis always bought his shoes in the same small store. And now, the remarkably ordinary ...

The Basilica of St. Mary Major is one of the four major papal basilicas located in Rome and the largest church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the city. Its artistic splendor, architectural grandeur ...

There are very few remains of ancient ships, except in one unusual place: the Black Sea has a unique environment that ...

What did race and identity mean to the Romans? In this episode of Kings and Generals, we examine ancient views on ethnicity, using primary sources like Cicero and Julius Caesar to understand how ...