A non-European pope would make sense, given that Catholicism is growing in Africa and Asia, while church attendance is ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the 'Barbarian Conspiracy', a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new study reveals. Researchers argue that Picts, Scotti and Saxons ...

Pope Francis smashed the stereotypical profile for a pontiff, becoming the Catholic Church's first leader from the Americas ...

The names of the "papabili," or likely papal candidates, have been circulating in the media for some time amid Pope Francis's ...

Following the death of 88-year-old Pope Francis on Easter Monday , several cardinals who were already in Rome, or who ...

While Rome eventually restored order ... First author Charles Norman, from Cambridge's Department of Geography, said, "We don't have much archaeological evidence for the "Barbarian Conspiracy." ...

Vatican City - Pope Francis smashed the stereotypical profile for a pontiff, becoming the Catholic Church’s first leader from the Americas and the first non-European since the eighth century.

During his papacy, the former archbishop of Buenos Aires pushed the Church to be more inclusive of those from the so-called "peripheries", whether geographical areas far from Rome, or long-ignored ...

Using tree-ring data from ancient oaks, the team reconstructed rainfall levels in southern Britain during the years preceding ...