Germany has been home to a large Catholic community for centuries, which has seen some dramatic shifts through history and in ...

There is a gorgeous European town that looks like it has been frozen in time and is built in a meteor crater with old ...

Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI are among the elected bishops of Rome who have led the Catholic Church ...

For Gaby and Sonya Gropman, a trip to Munich to retrieve a kiddush cup represented a homecoming to a land where there is no ...

Pope Benedict XVI was installed as the 265th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on April 24, 2005, becoming the first German ...

Although we have visited Munich, and Germany, many times ... as did the Duke of Bavaria, who, as an eleven-year-old child, was himself imprisoned at Dachau with his family due to their antifascism.

Queen Silvia of Sweden supported herself with a crutch as she joined King Carl XVI Gustaf , 78, at a funeral service for his ...

In the heart of Bavaria lies Mittenwald, a small but stunning village renowned for its colorful Lüftlmalerei—an iconic mural art style of southern Germany. These frescoed houses line stone-paved ...

Salzburg is a star specimen, the splendidly preserved hometown of one of history's most beloved composers, Wolfgang Amadeus ...

About 200 of the 266 men to hold the title of pope hailed from within the borders of Italy. Here is a look at others, like Pope Francis, who didn't.