England has the dubious honour of being the birthplace of that libel. In Norwich, in 1144, a boy called William was found ...

By choosing the name Leo XIV, the pope has indicated that he won’t merely be progressive or conservative.

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

The story of Vermont’s only “witch trial” is likely to gain even wider recognition after a segment of “New England Legends,” ...

Researchers have found pages of a rare medieval manuscript masquerading as a cover and stitched into the binding of another ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

The cardinals are participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican's medieval walls ...