Was the Phoenician writing system a true alphabet? If not, what should it be called instead, and what was the earliest true ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIII, who served from 1878 to 1903, led the church into the modern world, emphasizing its moral authority beyond ...

Leo is now tied for the fourth most common name chosen by popes, along with Clement. Only John, Gregory and Benedict have ...

How the conclave has changed over the centuries - ANALYSIS: The ceremony has traditionally been a time of threatening, ...