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.

Ahead of the conclave set to begin May 7, as debate and speculation swirl over the profile of Peter’s successor, Marine ...

As pre-conclave lobbying intensifies, top Vatican diplomat Pietro Parolin has become a point of convergence for cardinals ...

The life of the Roman emperor Gera is, in some ways, a tragic tale of brotherly rivalry and parental miscalculation. He was ...

A Roman thought to be a gladiator stares out in a visual reconstruction of a man who met a gruesome end almost 2,000 years ...

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

While Succession's Logan Roy (played by Brian Cox) does not die until season four's episode three, Connor’s Wedding, his death and the reaction of his children had been foreshadowed way back in season ...

In the final months of his life, Cardinal George Pell was quietly working on what he felt was his last great mission – to ...

Archaeologists unearthed more than 100 equine skeletons near the site of a Roman military base ... the grief over the death of this one animal is still apparent,” Sarah Roth, the archaeologist ...

Milone, who is pursuing a wrongful termination suit, said restoring Catholics’ confidence in the Vatican’s financial integrity would be critical to reversing the decline in donations. According to the ...