For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is ...

The Sistine Chapel is ready for the papal conclave. Front-runners such as Parolin and Tagle are losing momentum amid a ...

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more traditional path.

As the conclave to choose the next Pope begins in the Vatican today, a leading Catholic lay figure in Scotland said there was ...

From 180 to 192 C.E., Emperor Commodus ruled ancient Rome with an insatiable lust for power that brought an end to the fabled ...

Throughout the history of Rome, from the republic to the age of empire, the Roman Legions were the best conventional fighting ...