The Western Roman Empire famously ended in A.D. 476 when its last emperor abdicated the throne. But the city of Rome ...

Throughout antiquity, kingdoms and nations rose and fell but Rome stood strong—until its steep decline. The fall of this ...

The final hours of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Byzantine Emperor and the powerful legend of the 'Marble Emperor.' ...

The Cathars appeared in Europe in the eleventh century, their origins something of a mystery though there is reason to ...

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Built as a church and repurposed during its 1,500‑year history as a mosque, a museum and now a mosque once more, the Hagia ...

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Pope Leo XIV on Sunday told more than a million Catholic youths that they are “the sign that a different world is possible" ...

Pope Leo XIV's busy Sunday included numerous reminders of his Chicago Roots. He was gifted a custom t-shirt emblazoned with "Da Pope" while leaving Mass.