VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church's teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons, ...

Pope Francis, who rose from modest means in Argentina to become the first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff, died on Monday ...

Pope Francis talks about gays saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and ...

Child sacrifice was thought to be rare in their culture. This chilling discovery suggests foreign invaders played a role.

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

Two metal detectorists in Romania uncovered a trove of centuries-old silver jewelry, providing evidence of an ancient settlement in the region.

When digging through the rubble of an ancient church foundation, archaeologists found something unexpected. As crews in Rome ...

The head, possibly depicting Jupiter, Apollo, Serapis, or a philosopher, was found reused in the Basilica of Santo Stefano.

The boar's tusk helmet, unearthed from a tomb near Pylos, Greece, offers a fascinating glimpse into warrior culture dating ...

A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...

An intricately decorated altar that may have been used for child sacrifices has been found in the ruins of Tikal, an ancient ...