The 40 men on federal death row include Dylann Roof and the Boston Marathon Bomber. Pope Francis is urigng Biden to commute ...

Fear of Friday the 13th stems from several sources, though it’s unclear where it truly began, according to History. This includes a late 19th-century secret society called the Thirteen Club, an early ...

In his message for the 58th World Day of Peace, published December 12, Pope Francis wrote that “sporadic acts of philanthropy ...

What do Galileo, Mozart, Descartes, Cervantes, and St. Thérèse of Lisieux have in common? They all traveled hundreds of miles to step inside the Virgin Mary’s house, which is preserved inside ...

During the Little Ice Age the islands became colder, windier and wetter than they had been, factors which may explain why the 13th-century settlement was eventually abandoned. Although the islands ...

Considered synonymous with bad luck, Friday the 13th is a day in which the superstitious usually take some caution ...

And, as always with whodunnits, the setting is glorious. Tradition usually demands a country house; “Conclave” must instead ...

The connection between the Vatican and Mercedes-Benz is nearly a century old at this point ... suited for the low-speed parade work that the pope is often involved in, while the large SUV provides ...

What is the myth of Friday the 13th? Many attribute its origin to the Knights Templar’s arrest in 1307, while others link it ...

Not unlike many of the Renaissance families of Italy, the Borgias were power hungry, corrupt, and self-indulgent. But their ...