People love astrology and how our celestial bodies influence our lives. Here's some interesting facts about some Zodiac signs ...

Prior to the pontificate of Sixtus IV (1471-84) the Golden Rose consisted of a simple and single flower made of gold slightly tinted with red. Later, to embellish the ornament while still retaining ...

By the fourteenth century it had spread to England and it is recorded that it was celebrated in Avignon, France in 1373. Its acceptance is considered very slow and it was not until the year 1472 that ...

This is the world’s oldest public museum, dating back to a 1471 donation to the people of Rome by Pope Sixtus IV. Its gems, now spread through two palazzi on Michelangelo’s Piazza del ...

Pope Francis is being treated for a contusion on his right forearm after falling at his residence, the latest of several recent health challenges for the 88-year-old pontiff. The incident comes ...

Pope Francis highlighted Mary Magdalene’s transformative encounter with the risen Christ as a model for personal conversion during a jubilee year audience at the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The new autobiography of Pope Francis, co-written with the Italian journalist Carlo Musso, was released on ...

In 1631, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I commissioned the Taj Mahal to house the tomb of his favorite wife. With its symmetrical ...

The Litany of Loretto The Litany of Loreto, so called because of its use in the sanctuary of Loreto (Italy) since at least as far back as 1531, was officially approved in 1587 by Pope Sixtus V. Its ...

Pope Sixtus IV. The first structure to reach 1,000 feet, the Eiffel Tower is a wrought iron pylon with four lattice girders that come together at the top. It was designed by a team of engineers ...

Pope Francis is the 266th Roman Pontiff of the Catholic Church. Formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was elected by the conclave of cardinals on March 13, 2013.