Pope Francis made a surprise visit to St Peter's Basilica in a wheelchair today while continuing to recover from life-threatening pneumonia. The public appearance, which followed yesterday's ...

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A total of 61,000 people have been identified as being overcharged due to a coding issue within Virgin Australia’s online booking system. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has ...

Pope Francis met privately with Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the Vatican during the royal couple’s four-day state visit to Italy and on the occasion of their 20th wedding ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla have had a private meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican where he wished them a happy 20th wedding anniversary. In a statement released by Buckingham Palace ...

The warm islands sitting off the coast of this East ... The island was once a trading post on the Swahili Coast. The ruins of an old German prison and custom house can still be explored, as ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Pope Francis has named a Maryland prelate to serve as Rhode Island’s new Roman Catholic bishop, the Vatican announced Tuesday, giving the state’s Catholics fresh ...

Travel to the Indian Ocean to discover Tanzania's lush, history-rich islands, each with their own ... a trading post on the Swahili Coast. The ruins of an old German prison and custom house ...

Over a century ago, another administration brandished the same tactics to successfully take over another piece of Denmark’s old colonial lands: the U.S. Virgin Islands, then the Danish West Indies.