In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re dead ...

A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of ...

Pope Francis is lying in state in St Peter's Basilica, where tens of thousands of mourners will file past his open casket ...

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

The death of a pope triggers a centuries-old ritual to elect a new one, involving sacred oaths, the piercing of ballots with ...

Rome is always teeming, and Easter usually kicks off the long tourist season. Up to 250,000 are expected to attend the Pope's ...

Pope Francis was history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor ...

By the time Francis took over as leader of the Catholic Church in 2013, meetings between the president and the pontiff had become commonplace. During the dozen years that he served as the pontiff, ...

After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Pope Francis regularly referred to Ukraine and its people as “martyred” and ...

Some 100 major temples towered over the landscape of Roman Egypt ... photographed scenes that reveal how ancient Egyptians depicted and worshipped their gods and how they conceived of the universe ...

A 76-year-old metal detectorist uncovers a rare Roman coin after years of searching. The unexpected find is more than just a historical artifact. The coin’s sale reveals an interesting twist that adds ...