The repatriation comes after years of legal disputes over the true identity and provenance of the 6-foot-4 artwork, which has ...

Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what ...

Pope Francis is showing improvement, is alert and doing some work, the Vatican said on Friday, as the 88-year-old pontiff ...

Conclave' isn’t just a gripping story about a deeply religious man struggling with his faith in an everchanging, cynical ...

In her heyday, Lina Cavalieri was heralded as the most beautiful woman in the world — a superstar of the Belle Epoque whose legacy is kept alive by a Milan-based, family-run design firm that fell in ...

Pontiff may step down if pneumonia stops him from having ‘direct contact’ with world’s Catholics, says former Vatican ...

President Donald Trump's Feb. 18 executive order on in vitro fertilization is the president's first step toward fulfilling a ...

Heated rhetoric and divisive questions raise concerns about the fragility of democracy amid US-style politics.

The Rev. John “Jack” Butler currently serves as the university's vice president for mission and ministry. He'll succeed the ...

Cardinal Joseph Tobin is a powerful figure who long ago pledged "a new level of transparency" on abuse. Now he’s making the ...

In front of 3,761 fans at Nebraska wrestling’s final home dual of the season, the Big Red dominated on the mat, taking nine ...

Pope Francis, who is receiving treatment in hospital for a respiratory tract infection, will not appear in public on Sunday ...