The picture of the Pope Francis with the elephants inevitably evokes the memory of Annone, who five centuries ago was the pet of Pope Leo X.

This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica's Local Reporting Network. The story describes an alleged sexual ...

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...

The family of missing Co Down man Philip Porter have endured a “devastating” Christmas period without word of their loved one ...

If a common factoid is to be believed, the answer is most likely “blue” and “seven”. And we know what you’re thinking: that there must be some kind of confirmation bias at play here; that huge swathes ...

On Jan. 9, skywatchers can watch the dark limb of the 82%-illuminated waxing gibbous moon creep across this beloved star ...

The Blues have better personnel on the defensive side this season, but they are still allowing too many goals.

He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...

Kurashev has fallen from 54-point scorer to lineup exile in four short months. With his contract up after this season, the ...

Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia has announced a new initiative to open hearts, rather than shutter parishes, in ...

Each angel and orb in this work of Edward Burne-Jones reminds us of God’s orderly, purposeful act of creation.

A sprawling 93-acre estate, a Fox News personality’s waterfront retreat and a mansion tied to a 1978 murder topped Nassau County’s most expensive home sales in 2024, according to a Newsday analysis of ...