In Peru, Pope Leo XIV is known as the saintly missionary who waded through mud after torrential rains flooded the region, bringing help to needy people, and as the bishop who spearheaded the ...

Researchers have found pages of a rare medieval manuscript masquerading as a cover and stitched into the binding of another ...

On Sunday, he will deliver his first noon blessing from the loggia of St. Peter’s and, on Monday, he is to attend an audience ...

It was the first time Leo made public remarks in English, after he spoke in Italian and Spanish only in his first comments ...

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TORONTO --It is an undeniable, harsh reality. The Toronto Maple Leafs are 1-13 in their past 14 games when a win would have eliminated their opponent in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. And their star ...

TORONTO --Auston Matthews sat down on the bench and angrily smashed his stick on the boards, snapping it in half. It was a rare moment of emotion from a Toronto Maple Leafs team that showed far ...

The longest modern conclaves, in 1903 and 1922, each stretched to five days. In the 13th century, a deadlock after a pope’s death lasted three years, prompting reforms still in place today.

A legend, depicted on a 13th-century mosaic in the basilica’s loggia, tells of a miraculous summer snowfall that occurred on the future site of the church. Romans gather every August 5 to ...

Citing centuries-old civilizational ties and invoking a Persian poem from the 13th century, Tehran said it is ready to help defuse tensions in the region. Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas ...